Igor Stravinsky Quotes
A plague on eminence! I hardly dare cross the street anymore without a convoy, and I am stared at wherever I go like an idiot member of a royal family or an animal in a zoo; and zoo animals have been known to die from stares.Igor Stravinsky
Quotes to Explore
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The world is always in movement.
V. S. Naipaul -
Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.
Ram Dass -
Ideas emerge when a part of the real or imagined world is studied for its own sake.
E. O. Wilson -
Music was your real passion, this thing you held dear even above family. It was this relationship that never betrayed you. Once it became your job - this thing that was highly visible, this thing that became about commerce - that's when you were holding onto music like it was a palm tree in a hurricane.
Eddie Vedder Pearl Jam -
Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
Carine Roitfeld -
There is a strong sentiment within the Tea Party that favors a stronger America on the global stage, and with that comes a strong alliance with the State of Israel.
Adam Hasner
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If America don't come around, we're gonna' burn it down.
H. Rap Brown -
Sometimes I hope that through osmosis I might get a workout - just by wearing the clothes.
Kate Walsh -
We don't think that we are in a quarrel with anybody. We may have a difference of opinion, but we'll not allow such differences of opinion to grow into a problem that stands in the way of reconstructing the country and regaining the democratic path.
Rafik Hariri -
At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.
Dan Colen -
There's a great freedom in writing by yourself. You can write anything you want.
Walter Becker China Crisis -
Sometimes people ask me how old I am, and I have to stop and remember. I forget myself!
Gabriel Mann
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From the viewpoint of what you can do, therefore, languages do differ - but the differences are limited. For example, Python and Ruby provide almost the same power to the programmer.
Yukihiro Matsumoto -
I come by writing dialogue fairly naturally, I've got a chatty family; I'm a bit of a voyeur, and if I'm ever in a public place, I automatically find myself listening.
Patrick deWitt -
I am always hearing from Israelis, 'Oh, CNN is anti-Israel,' or 'BBC is against us.' But no, they are reporting facts.
Zubin Mehta -
I no longer have the energy to get really angry, like I used to.
Oriana Fallaci -
In space, you need to exercise your heart since it's not pumping blood around at the same rate.
Mae Jemison -
When Shakespeare wrote, he wrote for the people. I know he got commissioned by kings and queens, but he also actually was writing plays for people to go and see, to take them on a journey of recognition so that they could see themselves within the characters on the stage. We as actors and theater companies and film companies have forgotten that.
Eamonn Walker
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Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague.
William Lewis Safir -
Borromeo also organized partial quarantines, especially for women, whom he regarded not only as more likely to occasion sin but as the primary carriers of plague (because, he said, they talked so much and constantly visited each other’s houses).
Andrew Graham-Dixon -
A plague on eminence! I hardly dare cross the street anymore without a convoy, and I am stared at wherever I go like an idiot member of a royal family or an animal in a zoo; and zoo animals have been known to die from stares.
Igor Stravinsky