Igor Stravinsky Quotes
Music is given to us with the sole purpose of establishing an order in things, including, and particularly, the coordination between man and time.
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With network, shows are pulled half the time after three episodes whether they're good or they're not good. It's a numbers game. With cable, they can take a lot more liberties.
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Every idea has its time.
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We're immersed in the spirit of God all the time. We just don't notice.
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Literary dementia seems dated now, but there was a time when a month in the funny farm was as de rigueur for budding writers as an M.F.A. is now. To be sent away was a badge of honor; to undergo electroshock, a glorious martyrdom.
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Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.
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As an actor, I'm familiar with having bursts of energy, where you're giving things a try, and then you have down time.
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I try to take the time to appreciate and I certainly do appreciate and I do feel proud but that is probably one of the things I need to work on, building a bit of time for myself.
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My music is a little dark, and my lyrics are a little darker. Every day, I'm fighting towards the light.
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When your life is being threatened there's an instinctive urge to fight. You fight for the time you have, for your relationships.
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I always used to deny this, but I guess what I'm really saying is that I was writing to shock... And I dug deep and dredged up all kinds of vile things which fascinated me at the time.
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I have the time needed to support the album and tour.
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I read The Odyssey all the time. I always get something out of it.
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Music is what our feelings sound like.
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My dad is a football guy, not a music guy. He didn't totally understand when I decided to be a musician.
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Because our fight has been for such a long time we are isolated from the world, even after reconstruction we don't have much attention from people outside.
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God is not anything human. God is a force, God is chaos, God is unknown. God is terror and enlightenment at the same time.
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It was a privilege to direct the music video for Adele's beautiful, heartbreaking song, 'Hello.' When I first heard it, all the images appeared clearly in my head - and her trust and generosity allowed me to work with abandon artistically and emotionally, like she always does. It made me extremely proud.
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For a long time I thought I should be a civil engineer. That seemed to be the only thing worth doing, and I chose the wrong subjects at A-level. I read all the sciences to start with, and then had to admit, 'This isn't what I want to do' and changed course.
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Music helps me immeasurably in the writing process.
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Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is always Judas who writes the biography.
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I've got to give Larry Bird his due; he was a great player. He knew the game and he was smart.
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The early expression of my youth was filled with all the aspects of art.
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But when it really happens I'm very fascinated, I'm waiting for the moment, because the moment where life abandons you and death steps in, that moment must be fantastic, no?
Nastassja Kinski -
Music is given to us with the sole purpose of establishing an order in things, including, and particularly, the coordination between man and time.
