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Freddie Hubbard

Jazz trumpeter and composer

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Now, it's been very hard for me to accept that. I never - I felt like - I always felt like I could blow it and nothing would never happen until this happened. So now, it's - no matter how hard I practice, it just seem like I can't do the plays I did.

Tony Cox, NPR News & Notes, 1228089600 source ↗

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Arvid Carlsson Pharmacologist; Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 2000
Then at the time of retirement, that's a big problem in Sweden, as a retired person, because then you are pushed off. I was fortunate even from that point of view because I got a very good research collaboration agreement with Upjohn, the American Upjohn company. So that could help me to go on with my research.
Recorded Adam Smith, Interview at the Nobel Foundation, Stockholm, Nobel Prize Outreach, 1207699200 source ↗
Warren Buffett Chairman and chief executive of Berkshire Hathaway, 1970–2025
I go in every day to the office. I don't accomplish hardly anything. I mean, in terms of – it just takes me way longer to do things. And Greg is so good. It was kind of embarrassing how good he is, because he has covered – you know, we've got about 200 businesses within Berkshire, you know, that came about, and I can't name the manager's names or their wives names, or – and I haven't seen them, you know, in a long time.
Recorded Becky Quick, CNBC Squawk Box, 1774915200 source ↗
Jack Speer NPR newscaster and business journalist
There are things that I really am interested in doing that I can't do if I continue to do what I'm doing. And I - teaching would be a big thing for me. I'm an adjunct instructor at Johns Hopkins and teach business communications and ethics, so very different from what I do on a daily basis.
Recorded Ari Shapiro, NPR All Things Considered, 10 September 4400 source ↗
Albie Sachs Anti-apartheid lawyer; Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa
So when I leave the court, I'm going to have more than enough to do, just to carry on, maybe telling something of our journey to people who didn't go through that. And also reflecting on our successes on the court, which have been enormous, but also accepting the criticisms of our failures.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, 1246147200 source ↗

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