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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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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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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I had never done TV. I think it's a foolish medium for, most rock 'n roll music. Nobody ever comes off well on TV.
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Some say that AIDS came from the monkeys, and I doubt that because we have been living with monkeys from time immemorial, others say it was a curse from God, but I say it cannot be that.
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I probably grow half my food. It's a good way to keep perspective.
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I had a great time on News Radio, I got to make tons of money in relative obscurity and learn a lot about the TV biz and work on my standup act constantly. It was a dream gig.
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You and a few other critics are the only people I've heard use the phrase immediate threat. I didn't, the president didn't. And it's become kind of folklore that that's what's happened.
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Believe me, happiness is not ticking off Walter Cronkite.
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We must ensure that while eliminating child labor in the export industry, we are also eliminating their labour from the informal sector, which is more invisible to public scrutiny - and thus leaves the children more open to abuse and exploitation.
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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.
