Don Was
Don Was
Don Wasis an American musician, record producer and record executive. Primarily a bass player, Was led the 1980s funk rock band Was. In later years he produced songs and albums for a large number of popular recording artists. In 2012, he became president of jazz music label Blue Note Records...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth13 September 1952
CountryUnited States of America
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Historically, the public has had their ear closer to gold and silver, but I do think that with the advent of index funds, the pitch is out there, and people are viewing the commodities like grains as an alternative investment.
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History is an intricate web of of timing, people, circumstances, and serendipity.
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History has shown to us, especially in New York, that signing the 30-plus-year-old free agents without a very strong base is very risky. It has not worked for us in New York. You have to develop a core group, then you can go out and add.
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Hollywood is very much an industry town. Your life becomes caught up in all of the parties and this list and that list. That's not something that I respond well to.
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He's going to play the first game. If you go back to Jan.1, he's been the best goalie.
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He's gonna be there until this thing turns around. He's showing the leadership a mayor should show.
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He's going to get in. I would have liked him to get in today. If we go 1-2 in our next few games, all of a sudden it creates more pressure when he comes in.
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He's going to be my full-time secondary coach because he knows the game so well. That's the first thing I saw about him. His speed was lacking, but he made up for it with intelligence.
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He's careful and works to make sure he knows where all the political land mines are and sorts them all out and decides what he's going to do -- and tells people.
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He's getting more and more comfortable as the year goes on.
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He's been our consultant, that's public knowledge. People are speculating that he's our prime candidate. Obviously we need a globally competent, experienced leader to navigate the road map. Somebody of his talent obviously would come on to our radar.
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He's been in the spelling bee for four years. Patrick winning is not a surprise for me.
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He's done a tremendous job in the time he has been up there and there's some talent on that team. In a couple of years they will be a force to reckon with.
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Hopefully, we have a good sense of where this is going at that point.