Joel Osteen

I'm not a big believer in trying to jam stuff down somebody's throat: 'You're going to do it my way.' I'd rather show by example and live my life and have people say, 'You know what, I want to live like Joel has. He's got peace and joy, and he seems content.

American Clergyman

Robbie Robertson

I play guitar quite a bit, because I'm always in search of something. I don't play to jam, but because I'm fishing. I'm looking for something, that I hope you can never find. If I do find it, I'm afraid I won't have a need to do this any more.

Canadian Musician

Trombone Shorty

No matter what kinds of problems we might be going through, or what kinds of problems the world might be going through, music is the place where we can all get along. We can all jam.

American Musician

Marilu Henner

I also think stress is related to control. When you're in charge of your life, you tend to not care about losing control of things that don't really matter like traffic jams.

American Actress

Richard Price

I don't need all that much - I just need to know who my characters are and what kind of jam they're going to get into, and I'll write myself out of their jam.

American Writer

Manfred von Richthofen

Now I am within thirty yards of him. He must fall. The gun pours out its stream of lead. Then it jams. Then it reopens fire. That jam almost saved his life.

German Aviator

Victoria Arlen

Good Life' was my gold-medal song and is what I sing when I need to get focused and keep calm. It also just makes me super happy, and I love jamming out.

American Journalist

Jimmy Iovine

Labels need to work with artists to help them achieve their best work, not to jam records out that are half-baked or three-quarters baked.

American Producer

Trey Anastasio

Music has always been my protection against the world, from a very young age. I feel safe inside of a jam.

Taika Waititi

I'm in all my films, I can't help it. I just jam myself in there if there's a space.

New Zealander Director

Used primarily in a cooking or eating situation, often for breakfast or dessert.

Culinary Context

'Jam' can also refer to a spread made from vegetables, like chili jam.

Not Just Fruit

Implies using force or effort when packing objects into a small space.

Expression of Effort

Incorrectly forcing things can damage or break them, implied by 'jam'.

Can Cause Damage

Suggests a pressing problem needing quick resolution.

Urgency Implied

Common in casual speech, not for formal contexts.

Informal Use

Refers to a lot of vehicles stuck and not moving; specific to traffic context.

Specific to Traffic

Can describe any situation where progress is halted due to obstacles.

Metaphorical Use

In music, 'to jam' is to play informally and inventively without strict guidelines.

Musical Creativity

Jamming is often a social and collaborative activity among musicians.

Social Activity

In basketball, 'jam' is slang for an impressive dunk.

Basketball Lingo

Indicates a strong, forceful action, captivating the audience in the sport.

Energetic Connotation

 I grew up under repressive military governments that devalued education, so that sometimes, my parents were not paid their salaries. And so, as a child, I saw jam disappear from the breakfast table, then margarine disappeared, then bread became too expensive, then milk became rationed.

Chimamanda Ngozi...

 how much this part of the body that doesn't touch the instrument actually helps with the musical performance. And at some point -- we are in Atlanta, so obviously some rapper will come into our lab at some point -- and we had this rapper come in and do a little jam with the robot.

Robots with "soul" PIPE Guy...

 Some studies suggest that benzoates, related to benzoic acid, contribute to hyperactive behavior. But the results aren't conclusive. Otherwise, these acids seem to be perfectly safe. Another antimicrobial strategy is to add a lot of sugar, like in jam,

Are food preservatives...

 three of my four lions jam there in the background who's the mother of Usher and Shanti are two Cubs they're now eight months old very affectionate you still gotta watch your fingers obviously but I'll get a great reaction when I come in every morning

The Big Cat Keeper PIPE The...

 And I said, "I know. Isn't it fun?" I mean, it's a little bit like wearing stilts on stilts, but I have an entirely new relationship to door jams that I never expected I would ever have. And I was having fun with it. And she looked at me,

It's not fair having 12...

 the era of speed acceleration motorized mobility is transforming the world into a perpetual traffic jam entire cities are being sacrificed on the altar of Auto mobility the landscape is being reduced to a drive-through and flyover

Meet Gita, the robot...

 and to enjoy our cities? The reason blood is so incredibly efficient is that our red blood cells are not dedicated to specific organs or tissues; otherwise, we would probably have traffic jams in our veins. No, they're shared.

What a driverless world...

 It'll turn out to be another emergent phenomenon like traffic jams, like hurricanes, like life, and we'll figure it out. The classical cases of emergence are all cases of emergent behavior,

How do you explain...

 Now that we can do the self-swab, those swabs are very easy to manufacture. The one where you had to jam it into the throat, deep turbinate, that was getting into short supply.

How we must respond to...

 and that wall huh you think so huh no slowed up so now just bottle it up huh the jams seasoned to perfection szymek thanks will for his help with one

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