#pro

It's very warm there, so we were outdoors all the time. The local people had programs for us year-round, where as kids we had the opportunity to play football, basketball, baseball, track and field - we just went from one sport to the next, year-round. ↗

— Rafer Johnson

#basketball #field #football #had #just

So I had the opportunity to do what the kids in the Hershey program do, except that the Hershey program lets them do it on such a larger scale, with the regional and national competitions. ↗

— Rafer Johnson

#except #had #hershey #i #kids

Innovation is this amazing intersection between someone's imagination and the reality in which they live. The problem is, many companies don't have great imagination, but their view of reality tells them that it's impossible to do what they imagine. ↗

— Ron Johnson

#between #companies #great #imagination #imagine

Pricing is actually a pretty simple and straight forward thing. Customers will not pay literally a penny more than the true value of the product. ↗

— Ron Johnson

#customers #forward #literally #more #pay

When I moved to New York, I fell head over heels back into country music and probably 'cause I missed something about Texas. ↗

— Norah Jones

#back #cause #country #country music #fell

After every war, there was a significant change in the music, and I can understand how that happened. If you participate in protecting the country, you think you can be part of it, but you come back home and it's worse than ever. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#back #change #come #country #ever

We were in the heart of the ghetto in Chicago during the Depression, and every block - it was probably the biggest black ghetto in America - every block also is the spawning ground practically for every gangster, black and white, in America too. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#america #biggest #black #black and white #block

It slaps your dignity just right. I loved the idea of these proud, dignified black men, and I saw the older ones wounded, and it wounded me ten times as much because I couldn't stand seeing them hurt like this. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#black #dignified #dignity #hurt #i

My son is a hip-hop producer. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#producer #son

Playing the game, and unfortunately, playing the gangster game is very profitable. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#gangster #playing #profitable #unfortunately #very