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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I would have rather seen them playing in the state final because that's an experience not everybody gets. I promote kids going as far as they can in as many sports as they can.
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I would have loved to have done what he did. Are you kidding me?
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I wish there were more available. In today's economy we need all kinds of help, especially for people on fixed income and single mothers. Many can't make it without help or assistance of some kind.
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I would hate to install them just to turn around and rip them out.
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I would argue the mayor's salary should go up the same as everyone else's. If the mayor wishes to tear up his check, that's one thing, but I think his salary ought to be the same as everyone else's.
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I worked on inventing their connection and how the 60s influenced their lives. It helps that I've always been an extravagant liar,
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I guess I made one too many bogeys this week. I made eight birdies after that, shot a 30 on the back nine and still lost. He deserved it.
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I guess I had one too many bogeys this week. I had one.
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If we don't make (children) a priority we will fail because the world is going to be left to them. The greatest resource we have is people, not machinery, and children need to be our greatest priority.
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If we don't get young people involved, this thing is going to go away. One of our goals is to get kids interested in fishing. If we don't get young people involved, this is not going to be around in 10 years.
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If we hadn't saved the $2 million we would have gone through the entire working cash fund of the district,
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If we had gotten her, we would have been good right away. I don't think she could visualize the same dream that I had. I just had nothing to sell. The only thing I had was my idea of success. It's hard to get anybody to buy in when you've got nobody in the stands and your background is that your RPI is 325 out of 330 teams.
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If we had 100 men and women willing to mentor, we could put them all to work at Carver. We could put them to work at every school, but Carver probably has a higher percentage of need.
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If we're gonna win, we have to play up to and beyond our potential. We're capable of doing that.