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The name Quincy Jones may be unfamiliar to you. But the following names will definitely impress you: Michael Jackson, barbra streisand and oprah winfrey. The reason why these pop stars can become the queen of pop is that they all rely on Quincy Jones's support. Unexpectedly, however, such an indispensable symbol in the history of western music originally dreamed of becoming a gangster.
1933, Quincy was born in a black slum in Chicago, USA. During World War II, Chicago's economy was depressed and there were many gangs. Little Quincy became a gangster, and becoming a gangster is his greatest dream.
Everything changed because of a piano. One night, Quincy and a gang of punks broke into an armory and stole food. After a hearty meal, like wearing a tie, he walked into a small room with an upright piano firmly holding his eyes in the dark. He walked slowly over and sat down, gently touching the keys with his fingers. Even today, recalling the scene at that time, Quincy will still have a boiling passion: "That moment was so sacred that my heart found the direction of life, and that is music."
After World War II, Quincy moved to Seattle with his father and began his musical journey. /kloc-at the age of 0/9, he played the trumpet very well, won the opportunity to perform with some jazz masters and gradually became famous in the local music scene. Soon, I suspended my acting career and started my student career. Because he realized that if he wants to be the best musician, he must learn to compose and score. That year, he was 30 years old. His dream was not only a singer, but also an all-round musician.
In the mid-1960 s, Quincy entered Hollywood and made music for blockbusters. With his amazing creativity, he quickly grew into a Hollywood music master. That year, he was 40 years old, and his dream was to become the hottest music master in the world.
Maybe everything is going too smoothly, or maybe there is too much overdraft for health. At the age of 4 1, the disease quietly found him. Quincy has an aneurysm and the doctor advised him to have a craniotomy. The success rate of the operation is very low, but if he wants to survive, he must take risks. Fortunately, Quincy survived; Unfortunately, he can no longer play the trumpet because of the steel clip implanted in his skull after the operation. This is fatal to Quincy's musical dream, but he deeply realized the true meaning of life, which made him face life more honestly and cherish life more. After returning to music, Quincy did a job that made him proud all his life and found new people. From 65438 to 0979, Quincy produced Michael Jackson's first record: Off the wall, which became the biggest selling black record in history. 1983, he made the film The Color Purple and invited Spielberg to direct it. He boldly launched an unknown black actress named oprah winfrey. Later, Oprah became the most influential host in America. That year, he was 50. His dream is to help others realize their dreams and be a good Bole.
From 65438 to 0985, Quincy used her powerful influence to gather hundreds of singers from all over the world to perform the song "We Are the World". This song, * * * received a donation of 500 million dollars, all of which were used as disaster relief funds in Africa. Since the beginning of this song, Quincy has been practicing and spending most of her time on charity.
In 2007, Quincy became attached to China and wrote the theme song "You can do it, I can do it" for the Shanghai Special Olympics. During the Beijing Olympic Games, he and 1 1 people from all walks of life, such as Ji Xianlin, He and Ang Lee, were hired as cultural and artistic consultants for the opening ceremony. After the Olympic Games, a reporter from China asked him, What impressed you most about the Beijing Olympic Games? He blurted out, "One world, one dream." Because it also represents his dream now. This year, he is over 70 years old.
Evaluating Quincy's life, the famous media person Jin Yuxi said incisively: "He is a musician I respect very much, perhaps because of his bumpy past and the glory he once created, but the main reason is that he will never stop, keep learning and keep opening up new roads. This spirit makes Quincy a great hero. "
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A British teacher named Brody, while sorting out the old things in the attic, found a stack of exercise books, which were the spring compositions of 3 1 children in Class B2 of Pitkin Kindergarten. The topic is: I will be in the future.
He thought these things were blown up in the school when Germany attacked London, but he didn't expect them to lie in his house for fifty years.
Brody flipped through a few books and was soon fascinated by the children's strange self-design.
For example, a little guy named Peter said that he would be a navy minister in the future, because once he swam in the sea and drank three liters of seawater without drowning; Another said that he must be the president of France in the future, because he can recite the names of 25 French cities. Other students in the same class can only recite seven at most.
The most amazing thing is a blind boy named David, who thinks he must be a British cabinet minister in the future. Because no blind person in Britain has been in the cabinet.
In short, thirty-one children all described their future in their compositions, some of them were dog trainer; Some are navigators; There are all kinds of princesses.
Brody read these compositions and suddenly had an impulse. Why not re-send these notebooks to his classmates and let them see if they have realized their dream for 50 years now?
A local newspaper learned the idea and sent him a thank-you letter. A few days later, Brody received several letters. Among them are businessmen, scholars and officials, and more of them are people without identity.
They all said they wanted to know their childhood dreams and get that book to write. Brody sent them one by one by address.
A year later, there was only one book left around, and no one cared. He thinks that this man named David may be dead. After all, it is fifty years. Everything will happen in fifty years.
Just as Brody was about to give this book to Noel's collection, he received a letter from Blunkett, Minister of Education of the Cabinet, saying that David was me. Thank you for saving our childhood dreams. But I don't need that book anymore, because my dream has been in my mind ever since. I have never given up a day. Fifty years later, I can say that I have realized that dream. Today, I want to tell my other 30 classmates through this letter: As long as I don't let the dreams of my youth drift away with the passage of time, success will appear in front of you one day.
Blankett's letter was later published in The Sun, because as the first blind minister in Britain, he proved a truth with his own actions: if anyone can keep his wish to be president at the age of three for 50 years, he must be president now.
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More than a hundred years ago, a poor shepherd took two young sons to herd sheep for others to make a living.
One day, they drove the sheep to a hillside, and a group of geese flew over their heads singing and soon disappeared in the distance. The shepherd's youngest son asked his father, "Where did the goose go?" The shepherd said, "They are going to a warm place, where they will settle down and spend the cold winter." The eldest son blinked and said enviously, "If only I could fly like a wild goose." The youngest son also said, "I wish I were a flying goose!" "
The shepherd was silent for a while, and then said to his two sons, "You can fly if you want."
The two sons tried, but neither could fly. They looked at their father suspiciously. The shepherd said, "Let me fly to you." So he opened his arms, but he couldn't fly. However, the shepherd said firmly, "I can't fly because I am old." You are still young. As long as you keep working hard, you will fly and go where you want to go in the future. "
The two sons firmly remember their father's words and have been working hard. When they grow up, when their brother is 36 and their brother is 32, they can really fly, because they invented the plane. These two men are the Wright brothers in America.
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