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Editing while you're writing is like strangling the baby in the crib.

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Quincy Jones
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: March 14
Actor
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Film Producer
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Jazz Musician
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Every country can be defined through their food, their music and their language. That's the soul of a country.
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You want your parents to say, Hey, I'm proud of you. When you don't hear that, you learn to compensate. You say, Hell, I don't need their approval. If I get my music right, I'll have everyone else's approval. I didn't understand it then, but I now know that's what happened to me.
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China's got a billion people and a hit record over there is a million records. You know that ain't right.
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Communications are making this one world. Back in the day, 400-500 years ago, nobody knew what anyone else was doing. It's on the 6 O'Clock news now. Now we can say, Oh, that's the way they live. Oh, they do that!! Opportunities, the chance to bring about change, it's all based on communication. Communication and jet planes.
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Let's not get too full of ourselves. Let's leave space for God to come into the room.
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