Les Brown
Les Brown
Lester Raymond "Les" Brown, Sr. was an American clarinetist, saxophonist, big band leader and composer, best known for his nearly seven decades of work with the big band Les Brown and His Band of Renown. The Band of Renown began in the late 1930s, initially as the group Les Brown and His Blue Devils, led by Brown while he was a student at Duke University. He was the first president of the Los Angeles chapter of the National Academy of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJazz Singer
Date of Birth14 March 1912
CountryUnited States of America
People couldn't get down here. They couldn't find it, so they'd go a different way and go somewhere else.
A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die.
Some people would rather get even instead of get ahead.
I think of myself as a catalyst of action and a messenger of hope, turning people onto themselves and turning people onto their dreams.
We are living in very challenging times. Pressured in the workplace and stressed out at home, people are trying to make sense of their lives.
Downsizing trends and the changing global market require people to reinvent themselves and think like entrepreneurs.
NEVER let other people's opinions of you determine your destiny.
Don’t waste another minute dealing with a toxic, negative, energy-draining person. Some people are wired for negativity. They love being argumentative, combative and abusive. Run for your life as quickly as possible.
Doing great requires that we become great people, and all of us can become great people.
If you only talk to a person's head and not their heart people won't listen to you.
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done." Longfellow "Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.
In day-to-day commerce, television is not so much interested in the business of communications as in the business of delivering audiences to advertisers. People are the merchandise, not the shows. The shows are merely the bait.
Most people fail in life not because they aim too high and miss, but because they aim too low and hit.
If you want to be rich watch what rich people do everyday and do it. And watch what poor people do and don't do it.