David Del Tredici Quotes
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Let us go forward in this battle fortified by conviction that those who labour in the service of a great and good cause will never fail.
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I ended up going to college for visual arts but moved up to New York after I graduated from college in 2006 and started going gung ho to the Upright Citizens Brigade, and I realized that that was what I was really interested in and what I really wanted to do.
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Every so often when I'm writing, a character might actually be a distinct person in my head - often not an actor or a face, literally a person who just seems to exist in my imagination. Then the challenge is finding somebody who is close enough to that to make me feel like I've ended up where I wanted to be.
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The film 'Tapped' illustrates quite clearly how we've been getting 'soaked' for years by the bottled water industry.
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To me, a critic is some loser who has no idea... someone with an opinion. We all have opinions. No offense, but what makes them dictate what is cool and what is not.
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I believe that I'm a hillbilly in my values and in my attitudes, and I don't want to lose that. I think it's possible to maintain a big chunk of that identity so long as you're self-reflective and meaningful about it.
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After a long day, my favorite way to unwind is by going running. Not exactly the most relaxing activity, granted, but I always imagine I'm sweating out all the things weighing on my mind.
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I started off singing in church as a child. The sound of voices coming together, that was my first moment of touching something outside of myself.
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I go to all these photo shoots, and each time I figure out something new about myself and what I want to wear.
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Everybody goes through a phase of fatigue, and I am no different. Re-inventing yourself in your profession is the key to deal with fatigue.
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I want to pick good projects, I want to work with great directors and try not to put too much pressure on myself and just read things for the story and recognize when I'm drawn to something for the right reasons and try to maintain some sanity. Sanity would be good. I'd like to have a little sanity!
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The most divisive issue facing New Yorkers in 2013 is stop and frisk, a tactic used by law enforcement to stop, question, and frisk people suspected of a crime.
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If I had Instagram, it would be pictures of my son, who is a cat.
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I've never been against women. That anti-feminist rap is bogus. I think men should be nice to women, buy them diamonds.
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I'll never get married again, and I always hate to say never to anything, but I will never marry again.
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I am convinced that only by applying the values of an entrepreneur to philanthropy will you ever be able to meet the needs of the greatest number of people.
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Eventually, all mentor-disciple relationships are meant to pull apart, usually sometime in the mid-30s. Those who hang on, eventually the mentor drops the disciple, and that's no fun.
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A well-designed 401(k) plan is an enormous competitive edge when recruiting and retaining employees.
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On Nov. 5, 2012, my friend Elliott Carter died in New York at the age of 103. For me, he was and remains one of the most interesting figures of music history in the past century.
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It's weird to not know what a family is. Not know what a mother's love is. And not really know what a hug is or anything.
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You can't succeed in beating the insurgents unless you can convince the people that they can be protected.
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I began like all composers, writing for small groups. Chamber groups.
