Elliott Carter Quotes
The pre-World War I works of Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern, 'give a glimpse of a new universe of emancipated discourse, unfortunately quickly abandoned when Schoenberg returned to the classical musical shapes upon adopting the twelve-tone system.'
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Actually, I didn't like Dartmouth very much, but the whole theater scene I really liked.
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It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.
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I went back to Belfast and started a club, the Maritime. No one had thought about doing a blues club, so I was the first.
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I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a phone that could call into the past?
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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You have family-owned businesses that have been around for 500 years. You cannot name a corporation that survives intact for even a few decades.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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If you're looking for immediate rewards, you're only looking for the money.
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I don't think I could ever give up music. It's what makes me tick. If there was no music, there would be no writing.
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Conflict is very much a state of mind. If you're not in that state of mind, it doesn't bother you.
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Fifteen- to 30-year-olds are interested in all kinds of intelligent movies - it doesn't have to be a broad comedy or an action adventure for them to go see it.
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The nearest approach I have ever seen to the symmetry of ancient sculpture was among the Arab tribes of Ethiopia. Our Saxon race can supply the athlete, but not the Apollo.
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The unyielding resistance of the Cuban patriots is symbolized by our 5 Heroes. They shall never back down! They shall never surrender!
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The country of Britain is wonderful because of its royalty.
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One of the reasons I love writing for middle graders, besides their voracious appetite for books, is their deep concern for fairness and morality.
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Green how I want you green. Green wind. Green branches.
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My parents, Gary and Patricia, let me be in my world. They never told me what I couldn't do. It helped me adapt in a positive way.
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It's very flattering when you look into the crowd and people have made an effort and dressed in your style.
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We have to go along a road covered with blood. We have no other alternative. For us it is a matter of life or death, a matter of living or existing. We have to be ready to face the challenges that await us.
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I always say to anybody who's going over to America for the first time, 'Whatever you do, go and see a popular mainstream film with a big audience.' Because people shout out. You never get that in Britain. Everybody's so quiet, scared to laugh. It's like being in church.
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A proud heart can survive general failure because such a failure does not prick its pride. It is more difficult and more bitter when a man fails alone.
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The pre-World War I works of Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern, 'give a glimpse of a new universe of emancipated discourse, unfortunately quickly abandoned when Schoenberg returned to the classical musical shapes upon adopting the twelve-tone system.'
