#round

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

I got in the school band and the school choir. It all hit me like a ton of bricks, everything just came out. I played percussion for a while, and stayed after school forever just tinkering around with different things, the clarinets and the violins. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#around #band #bricks #came #choir

I was raised in Chicago and I guess that was one of the special breeding grounds for gangsters of all colors. That was the Detroit of the gangster world. The car industry was thugs. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#car #chicago #colors #detroit #gangster

We spent most of our life almost like street rats just running around the street until we were ten years old. ↗

— Quincy Jones

#around #just #life #like #most

I don't want to just go to the playoffs, I don't want to go to the playoffs and win the first round, second round, and not win the whole thing because it's bittersweet. ↗

— Allen Iverson

#bittersweet #first #go #i #just

I think because of my background - I went through university and did an academic career and fell into acting - I've never had a game plan for my career because I got into it quite ad hoc. ↗

— Rob James-Collier

#acting #ad #background #because #career

My mom and dad put my brother and sister through university and they were very keen for us to have an academic background just to give us a chance. ↗

— Rob James-Collier

#background #brother #brother and sister #chance #dad

When adversity strikes, that's when you have to be the most calm. Take a step back, stay strong, stay grounded and press on. ↗

— LL Cool J

#adversity #back #calm #grounded #most

I don't think you should go around talking trash about people because I think that's how you get your hat handed to you. ↗

— LL Cool J

#around #because #get #go #handed

Acting is something I love. It's a great craft that I have a lot of respect for. But I don't think it's any greater challenge than teaching 8-year-olds or any other career. In my life, I try not to make it more important than it is and I just hope that rubs off on the people around me. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#any #around #career #challenge #craft