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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My mom struggled for a long time growing up poor, and then we were on welfare when I was a kid. So to see her kids, not just me, be successful and making money and happy and healthy and in good relationships - it means so much to her after all that she's been through.
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Covers matter. In my experience, a different cover can make you think you're reading an entirely different book.
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During the holiday season, it's easy to forget that sometimes the best gift of all is simply the gift of time. I can't think of anything a writer would appreciate more than being given time and space to work.
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I just want to continue the success and be an athlete that is shown in a good light in New York City.
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Television does devour you because you have all sorts of responsibilities, and I really needed to renew myself. I think I owed it to myself. So I honored myself and quit. I think that's a wonderful way to put it.
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Music's exclusive function is to structure the flow of time and keep order in it.
