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I found this out over the years, that racism is a thinly veiled disguise over economics and money. It really is. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#economics #found #i #money #out

If someone isn't in your definition of "gorgeous" or "beautiful", it doesn't give you the right to call them ugly. ↗

— Abdullah Bashir

#friendship #inspirational #love #beauty

A brick could be used as a Sexual Orientation Device. But I don’t need it, because I know my sexual orientation—north!
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— Jarod Kintz

#brick-and-blanket-iq-test #brick-and-blanket-responses #brick-and-blanket-test #brick-and-blanket-uses #funny

My grandmother had this high-tech security system - a rusty nail she used to lock the door. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#grandmother #had #high-tech #lock #nail

I never knew when I was gong to leave. I might be walking over to a kid's house, then of all a sudden I would just stick out my thumb and hitchhike across three states. ↗

— Rickie Lee Jones

#gong #house #i #just #kid

When I was single my career was my life, so everything I did was of grave importance and was greatly disturbing. ↗

— Rickie Lee Jones

#did #disturbing #everything #grave #greatly

When the war ends, it will be found that there was an equal amount of "thuggery" practiced on both sides, that terrible things were done to force the final victory. ↗

— Rufus Jones

#both #both sides #done #ends #equal

People tend to complicate their own lives, as if living isn't complicated enough ↗

— Carlos Luiz Zafon

#experience #wisdom #experience

After I won the Oscar, my salary doubled, my friends tripled, my children became more popular at school, my butcher made a pass at me, and my maid hit me up for a raise. ↗

— Shirley Jones

#after #became #butcher #children #doubled

I wanted some family structure and stability, and that's what The Partridge Family afforded me, not only financially but in the fact that I could be at home with my kids. ↗

— Shirley Jones

#could #fact #family #family structure #financially