Daniel Levitin Quotes
Memory for playing a musical piece... involves a process very much like that for music listening... through establishing standard schemas and expectation. In addition, musicians use chunking... tying information together into groups, and remembering the group as a whole rather than individual pieces.Daniel Levitin
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I don't have a phone, but I do have an iPad.
Malala Yousafzai -
I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
Fatima Sana Shaikh -
I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.
E. P. Thompson -
War is death. If we are to engage in war, then we should have to stare it straight in the face and call it by its rightful name.
Aaron Huey -
Younger audiences are into me because I did 'Stuart Little,' and that movie was a very big deal for kids. And in 'Angels in the Outfield,' a generation of kids learned about magic and angels. And then, of course, there are these two blond girls named Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, and I played their nanny on their TV show.
Taylor Negron -
I divide criticism into two categories - one coming from those who understand music, who are worthy of being critical because they are knowledgeable about what they are saying; and then there is another category of people who would criticise you anyway, whether your work is good or bad.
A. R. Rahman
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When I was young, about 18 or 19, I read all the Dostoyevsky novels, which made me want to go to St. Petersburg. So I went, and I was so inspired.
Tadashi Shoji -
God, I can push the grass apart and lay my finger on Thy heart.
Edna St. Vincent Millay -
The secret to everything for me is doing yoga every day. It does do nice things for your body, but it also kind of calms you down and chills you out. Other than that, I don't really drink alcohol and I always take my makeup off at night!
Kate Beckinsale -
Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.
Ted Rall -
You who speak languages, you are such liars.
Orson Scott Card -
I'd say Juventus has a story as legendary as the Yankees.
Lapo Elkann
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Frankly, alcohol leads to a lot of other things when you start drinking at 12-years old. It is a big problem that needs to be addressed. Frankly, the industry has pushed us back and pushed us back.
Zach Wamp -
The idea that motherhood is inherently somehow a threat to creativity is just absurd.
Zadie Smith -
Mass demand has been created almost entirely through the development of advertising.
Calvin Coolidge -
I have all of these lives that I want the music to live, but at the end of the day, it's out there.
Jack Antonoff Fun. -
My education was very tough.
Ingmar Bergman -
I love the Museum of the Moving Image, and I like the idea of bringing artifacts of the cinema into a museum.
Elvis Mitchell
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I want to do work that means something to me so that when I go to work at the theater eight times a week, I want to be there.
Billy Porter -
Pride in the case of a rich man is bad, but pride in the case of a poor man is worse.
Abu Bakr -
I never really think of something in terms of what not to do. It's always what's appealing or what's cool.
Neill Blomkamp -
My brother & I have always said that to write a song, it takes all the experiences of your life, plus the time it takes to write it! To be specific, yes, sometimes a song takes place in one session - together in one day.
Richard Sherman -
Memory for playing a musical piece... involves a process very much like that for music listening... through establishing standard schemas and expectation. In addition, musicians use chunking... tying information together into groups, and remembering the group as a whole rather than individual pieces.
Daniel Levitin