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If America had a motto, it would be pull yourself up by the bootstraps, work harder than the next guy, have a goal and achieve it.


John Lee Hancock

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HERBIE HANCOCK When you try to define a purity as being something that's closed and limited, you're not talking abo...
HERBIE HANCOCK Figurines of Apkallus were buried in boxes in the foundation deposits in Mesopotamian buildings in o...
GRAHAM HANCOCK Cainan (sometimes the name is spelled Kainam) was the son of Arpachsad: "And the son grew, and his f...
GRAHAM HANCOCK Regardless of the fact that the express purpose of God's Deluge is to kill off most of mankind--apar...
GRAHAM HANCOCK I've talked to (Coach Taylor) and he seems like a really cool guy, he's a good coach.
QUINTON HANCOCK I'm not an academic; I'm not an archaeologist. I'm a writer, communicating ideas to the ...
GRAHAM HANCOCK I've been practising Buddhism for forty years, and that's what has led me to this path of di...
HERBIE HANCOCK A school has a different status. There are only about seven schools of dance in the country, and it ...
JORY HANCOCK It was put together in layers. The disadvantage is that there isn't really any interaction together,...
HERBIE HANCOCK Aside from that, what was more in our heads when we made the new album is the concept of forging thr...
HERBIE HANCOCK This was put together not just as a series of notes and chords. If I depended on what anyone else th...
HERBIE HANCOCK It’s lovely loving, isn’t it? In fact, I find it almost better, because being loved sometimes em...
SHEILA HANCOCK At a certain point, I became a kind of musician that has tunnel vision about jazz. I only listened t...
HERBIE HANCOCK We're doing a much more thorough job of reviewing the customers than we had in the earlier days.
ELLEN HANCOCK We think we're in a far better place to serve all aspects of the market, including enterprise comput...
ELLEN HANCOCK This is going to be a business where there is tremendous growth, ... We are seeing constant demand a...
ELLEN HANCOCK More than ever, Apple can make a difference in any organization, including an enterprise situation w...
ELLEN HANCOCK Virtually all applications will run on Rhapsody. Last week, at a developer conference, more than 400...
ELLEN HANCOCK We think we're in a far better place to serve all aspects of the market, including enterprise comput...
ELLEN HANCOCK You've got a right to try to live the life you choose.
BUTCH HANCOCK Prairie Home Companion.
BUTCH HANCOCK We wanted Logan to get it on the run because he is quick and then Hayward-Mayhew set a screen for Ne...
DAVE HANCOCK We've got to handle their pressure, we can't turn the ball over. We have to dictate the tempo of the...
DAVE HANCOCK We don't get too much into that. We're just really trying to break down our opponents' strengths and...
DAVE HANCOCK