Kurt Braunohler Quotes
In doing my podcast, I do find that I tend to try out bits that I then try on stage later that day. If they work, great, and if they don't, I regret having talked about it on the podcast.
Quotes to Explore
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I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
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If DreamWorks and Disney need that name to sell the cartoon and get people in the seats, that's what they need. It's not fair, but there's plenty of other work for us to do.
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If you stop being scared, that's when entropy sets in, and you may as well go home.
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When I'm making music, I can hear all the parts, all the instruments. I can hear what it should be.
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Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere.
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And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
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In Egypt today most people are concerned with getting bread to eat. Only some of the educated understand how democracy works.
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A society in which vocation and job are separated for most people gradually creates an economy that is often devoid of spirit, one that frequently fills our pocketbooks at the cost of emptying our souls.
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When I was a kid and putting out my first records, there was a lot made out of the fact that the '50s/'60s generation was so dominant.
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Cambridge was the place for someone from the Colonies or the Dominions to go on to, and it was to the Cavendish Laboratory that one went to do physics.
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I don't feel comfortable making empty music.
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Were women meant to do everything - work and have babies?
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By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown.
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I've got a 1990 Porsche 911. It's just a Carrera, a very simple, straightforward little thing that goes like stink. I love it.
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The performances of my works in the last 10 years are probably equal to all the previous years put together. There are so many venues now and there is a completely new public for opera that's grown up outside of the traditional core opera public.
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They are more beautiful than anything in the world, kinetic sculptures, perfect form in motion.
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No matter where you are from, no matter what your background is, no matter what your socioeconomic status is, every person can achieve his or her dreams.
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I think what probably happens when you put two awkward/clunky people together is that their awkward/clunky world seems like a normal world.
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People who are scared don't live life.
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Destroying rainforest for economic gain is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal.
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Now that Arab women are pouring into the streets by the million, men discover with dismay that they, not women, were the captives of the harem dream.
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I've been so fortunate to have the opportunity to work with some incredibly talented vocalists, guitarists and producers, and I can't wait to share more originals in the future.
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In doing my podcast, I do find that I tend to try out bits that I then try on stage later that day. If they work, great, and if they don't, I regret having talked about it on the podcast.
