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My first jam was at Hotel Diplomat opening for Hollywood. ↗

— Kurtis Blow

#first #hollywood #hotel #jam #opening

It was all a back-handed blessing, and my friends were the ones who kept the faith, read my work, and urged me to submit it to publishers (by sending it out for me - they would not hear no for an answer. ↗

— Leslie Banks

#blessing #faith #friends #hear #kept

The story grew, got way bigger than the contest rules called for, and next thing I knew I had a book. ↗

— Leslie Banks

#book #called #contest #got #grew

A true revolution of values will soon look uneasily on the glaring contrast of poverty and wealth. ↗

— Lloyd Banks

#glaring #look #poverty #revolution #soon

We got extremely lucky. It's a tough business to work with. ↗

— Lloyd Banks

#extremely #got #lucky #tough #tough business

Focused, hard work is the real key to success. Keep your eyes on the goal, and just keep taking the next step towards completing it. If you aren't sure which way to do something, do it both ways and see which works better. ↗

— John Carmack

#both #completing #eyes #focused #goal

When you get money you're always a target because there's always somebody who needs money out there. ↗

— Lloyd Banks

#because #get #money #needs #out

My mom never taught me to be waiting for some prince on a white horse to swipe me off my feet. ↗

— Tyra Banks

#horse #me #mom #never #off

I had had an extroverted personality with a lot of friends, but when I lost the weight and grew so tall, I withdrew within myself. ↗

— Tyra Banks

#friends #grew #had #i #lost

Smiles come naturally to me, but I started thinking of them as an art form at my command. I studied all the time. I looked at magazines, I'd practice in front of the mirror and I'd ask photographers about the best angles. I can now pull out a smile at will. ↗

— Tyra Banks

#angles #art #art form #ask #best