Elliott Carter Quotes
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I was always interested in the kind of history they didn't teach you in school.
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I'm trying to play parts which are a little more out there, but I want variety.
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There's something about the silence of people listening to someone or watching someone - I just... I love that.
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The really wonderful thing that happened to me when I was in space was this feeling of belonging to the entire universe.
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What makes you a Christian is whether or not you really are in accord with biblical theology and whether you know Jesus Christ as your Saviour.
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Born in 1936, I experienced the Second World War as a child in the city of Gelsenkirchen-Buer. This area was heavily bombed, but fortunately, all members of my family survived the war and post-war period.
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I'm honestly not the kind of person who wants to step up to a podium, test the microphone and be like, 'Hey, I'm homosexual and this is who I am, hear me roar.' That's not who I am.
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I will know him by his eyes.
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Ben Henderson, he had never been knocked out before fighting me.
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I've been a ballerina since I was two, but I've always wanted to be an actress.
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I think that marriage of music and picture is so vital, especially in a film that's almost exclusively exteriors.
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We must make the government accept that at a time when we are expected to look ahead, we cannot afford to start discriminating against our own people in the name of 'ethos.'
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In my opinion, Christian Dior was never, ever theatre.
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Most of the movies I saw growing up were viewed as totally disposable, fine for quick consumption, but they have survived 50 years and are still growing.
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One of the biggest differences between you and a traditionally published author is that a self-pubbed author is responsible for everything. Not just writing the book - but cover design, editing, producing, distribution, and publicity as well.
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I have a hyper personality.
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English, as a subject, never really got over its upstart nature. It tries to bulk itself up with hopeless jargon and specious complexity, tries to imitate subjects it can never be.
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The pickup points are a natural additional network for delivery. For me, the surprise is that Amazon didn't come up with that idea.
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I was stuck at home in bed with me and got more and more involved with the Internet. I used it to keep in contact with friends and to make sure I was up to date with everything that was going on in the world.
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Walk on water? I know most people out there will be saying that instead of walking on it, I should have taken more of it with my drinks. They are absolutely right.
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People everywhere have the same needs and values. They need a place to live and a job. Beyond that, they may need to sell stuff or get a mate.
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My mother was really young when she had me, so she was a horrible cook, but we lived with my grandmother, who was fantastic. We eventually got our own place, and my mother started learning to cook. But it was also the '70s, so she was very experimental, and, well - thank God we had a dog.
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My musical life started with hearing and being fascinated by contemporary music.
