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I was raised in Chicago and I guess that was one of the special br

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

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I got a scholarship to Seattle University and I was writing arrangements for singers and everybody. But the music course was too dry and I really wanted to get away from home. – Quincy Jones

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I started imagining this whole different world. It was a society of musicians, a family I hoped I could belong to one day. – Quincy Jones

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If you started in New York you were dealing with the biggest guys in the world. Youre dealing with Charlie Parker and all the big bands and everything. We got more experience working in Seattle. – Quincy Jones

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Have you heard about the Irishman who reversed into a car boot sale and sold the engine? – Frank Carson

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Every time I get into a Nationwide car after being in a Cup car, I feel so much more comfortable than I did previously. – Danica Patrick

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If a movie is really working, you forget for two hours your Social Security number and where your car is parked. You are having a vicarious experience. You are identifying, in one way or another, with the people on the screen. – Roger Ebert

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Its pretty cool to be able to hang out with the President and have the race-winning car on the South Lawn. – Buddy Rice

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