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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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 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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Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.
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And we danced;Out there on that empty hardwood floor.The chairs up and the lights turned way down lowThe music played, we held each other close.And we danced.Like no one else had ever danced before.I can't explain what happened on that floor.But the music played,We held each other close,And we danced.Yeah, we danced.
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I think that was kind of always my goal: get people to come back and see a show twice and then see it a third time. And now I've got people who have been to 30, 40 shows.
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Hate is a strong word. It's also very destructive, so no - I don't hate Mark Zuckerberg.
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Katczinsky says it is all to do with education - it softens the brain.
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Music is given to us with the sole purpose of establishing an order in things, including, and particularly, the coordination between man and time.
