Igor Stravinsky Quotes
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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I am a Buddhist.
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When you were a kid, a day was a long time and a year was a long time.
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I was always interested in the kind of history they didn't teach you in school.
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For me, my writing benefits from my experience.
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I just didn't know where I fit in - I didn't seem to fit in my parent's generation. I didn't seem to fit in my own generation. Little by little, this took me into a spiritual search for understanding; a search for meaning and fulfillment.
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Most people live in the city and go to the country at the weekend, and that's posh and aristocratic, but actually to live in the country and come to London when you can't take it any more is different.
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'Shameless' was such a weird time in my life because I never really experienced any kind of role that put me that much in the spotlight before.
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I'm an old-fashioned girl, and I didn't believe in living with people, so I guess I married for the wrong reasons at times.
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I like to get suggestions on what to read. I'll look at Twitter, people I like, people I admire... I'll go and research the book, download it on my phone and read it while I'm on the road.
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In politics, strangely enough, the best way to play your cards is to lay them face upwards on the table.
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I had to create some good work habits and attitude.
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I believe in only one thing: liberty; but I do not believe in liberty enough to want to force it upon anyone.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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I was very lucky: I started acting in this highly subsidized German theater world, so there was not so much job insecurity. We had great working conditions, long rehearsal times, well paid.
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I work all day, do research, sketch my ideas, prepare for performances.
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And as I reinvent myself and I'm constantly curious about everything, I can't wait to see what's around the corner in newfound art and entertainment and exploration.
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I've had money thrown onstage, dollars, couple of five-dollar bills. I took the money, but it wasn't much.
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We have to start imagining a new reality - this will mean fewer police and more social workers and teachers. This will mean creating more economic possibilities and investment that preserves and does not displace our communities.
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I've been in situations where I was the only black guy. We're in a time now where nobody wants to see that. But it still happens.
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Nashville was totally different than I ever dreamed. I had only seen the music business on television and been to a couple of concerts. I had no clue.
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It's all about the blanket. Blanket, pillow, and red wine. You should always be asleep on a plane.
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If we were handling a bomb which could go off at any minute as a result of our actions, we would mind ourselves and be delicate. Our words have the same power, yet we wield them around as though they were powerless and insignificant.
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Music's exclusive function is to structure the flow of time and keep order in it.
