Igor Stravinsky Quotes
The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self. And the arbitrariness of the constraint serves only to obtain precision of execution.
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I cannot summon up inspiration; I myself am summoned.
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I don't really like to work with actors that work a lot and are very well established already. In a way, I like to nurture talent and have it burst on the scene.
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Every country when they have Olympics, a lot of people come out opposed.
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I used to, in the summertime, spend so much money doing a lot of fun stuff. Now, I'm actually consciously trying to save so we can live how we want to live after basketball. I've even sold a few things.
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The U.S. economy and workers benefit from a strong, healthy relationship between government and business.
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There should be more interaction and more confidence building between our various academic institutions just like how there needs to be a confidence building between industry and academics.
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In so much of politics you're not allowed to disagree with what's been agreed.
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Rising genius always shoots out its rays from among the clouds, but these will gradually roll away and disappear as it ascends to its steady luster.
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While make-up helps to enhance one's features, too much of it tends to hide a person's features.
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It takes vision and courage to create - it takes faith and courage to prove.
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It doesn't matter if you look different. You're still the same as everybody else because you have the same dream.
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I spent a lot of time with a crown on my head.
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If most American cities are about the consumption of culture, Los Angeles and New York are about the production of culture - not only national culture but global culture.
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I try to keep myself as normal as possible. Stardom is transient. People forget you after a while.
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The real problem is not why some pious, humble, believing people suffer, but why some do not.
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Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.
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Not one role that I've played has been written specifically for me.
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There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them to the right; and, again, making all crime mean and ugly.
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I've yet to meet somebody who said, 'Your stories are so revolting I couldn't read them.'
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My dad, before he passed away, never understood what I did. What I say is that I'm responsible for translating the director's vision, hopefully turning an idea into something people can connect to and relate to.
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Note to self: Never ride a motorcycle in stilettos and a miniskirt.
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I feel when somebody has been playing cricket for a long time, he creates a separate identity for himself.
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The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self. And the arbitrariness of the constraint serves only to obtain precision of execution.
