Elmer Bernstein Quotes
One of the things that happens in the business is that success is a very strange thing in that if you are involved in something very successful the next person wants you to repeat it.
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If anyone has followed my career, they know that there's been a lot of obstacles and a lot of ups and down through my career. But day in and day out, and in the square circle, I went out there and always did my best.
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Realism hasn't fallen out of favor with most people, who are interested in people's lives rather than gymnastics of style or literary trends. It's a certain kind of academic who undervalues realism, largely because it is not amenable to endless exegesis.
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The training of younger generations is very close to my heart.
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I love recording music.
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I've always considered myself to be fiercely patriotic. I love Britain - its history and the down-to-earth attitude people have.
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I'm a sponge for historical images of black people and black history on film.
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I have five horses. My first was a professional jumper named Santos. I got him when I was 18.
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While Muslim men describe themselves as insecure in their harems, real or imagined, Westerners describe themselves as self-assured heroes with no fears of women. The tragic dimension so present in Muslim harems - fear of women and male self-doubt - is missing in the Western harem.
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I don't think Christ becomes real to us until we hit a low point in our lives and realize just how much we need Him. That's why faith affects every area of your life.
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A man's respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck.
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Islam is fixed, stable, ordered and disciplined, and so are Muslims.
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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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They're called 'angels' because they're in heaven until the reviews come out.
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The president of the United States is not a king. You know? Barack Obama was elected by the American people.
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Joe Torre would tell you to make sure you can hit the ball on the outside part of the plate.
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I am an honest, straight guy.
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The way I like to start a new project is to take a cover song and make a stab at it, ideally one that has nothing to do with the people in the room.
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I'm a pro-horserace guy.
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If you sense there must be more, there is more.
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Mere color, unspoiled by meaning, and unallied with definite form, can speak to the soul in a thousand different ways.
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Humility is the true key to success. Successful people lose their way at times. They often embrace and overindulge from the fruits of success. Humility halts this arrogance and self-indulging trap. Humble people share the credit and wealth, remaining focused and hungry to continue the journey of success.
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Anyone who has to fight, even with the most modern weapons, against an enemy in complete command of the air, fights like a savage against modern European troops, under the same handicaps and with the same chances of success.
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If you want to hear arguments against deploying a big U.S. ground force in Syria, just ask a general.
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One of the things that happens in the business is that success is a very strange thing in that if you are involved in something very successful the next person wants you to repeat it.
