Martin Puryear Quotes
I realized it wasn't necessary to work in the traditional methods of carving and casting.
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For me, songwriting starts with a melody. When a musician plays a chord progression, either the words and vocal melody come to me, or they don't. That's how I determine who to write with. It works, or it doesn't.
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All genius is a conquering of chaos and mystery.
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My father was a factory worker, and we were really poor. But everything I earned peddling papers and working in stores, he made me put aside for education.
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For me, my home is a peaceful place where I can rest, and it gives me back energy.
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When talking about writing, I often use the analogy of archaeology. There are these great tunes all around. Your skill as a musician allows you to pick them out without breaking them.
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My advice to anyone would be to focus on your current job and be the best at it. The rest will take care of itself.
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I don't take pleasure in anyone's demise, really.
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All working parents should have paid family leave. That's one of many reasons I'm working to elect Hillary Clinton. She has a plan to guarantee workers - men and women - up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to care for a new child or a seriously ill family member.
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A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
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The mainstream sort of presentation of the civil rights movement was not something that I directly inherited.
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I am so grateful that I accepted the offer to do 'CSI,' but it was like being shot out of a cannon, and it was so different from anything that I have ever done.
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No day is similar to another, but usually mail is part of my start of the day. Our company never sleeps: we have business in 180 countries, so there are no real mornings or nights.
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Horses and horsepower alike are about status and being cool.
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I think everyone knows the news has become ridiculous. It's entertainment driven.
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I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
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I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.
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All we have is our vote. But it's powerful.
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The Premier League is very difficult football and very different to when you play in Europe, but the player has to have experience to adapt, and this is the key point.
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I first became aware of the delights of the natural world when my father, an entomologist, presented me with what looked like a twig. When it got up and walked, my delight was such that I wrote a poem, 'To a Walking Stick.'
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Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by.
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What I responded to, on the page, was the way a poem could liberate, by means of a word's setting, through subtleties of timing, of pacing, that word's full and surprising range of meaning. It seemed to me that simple language best suited this enterprise.
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My family, in a way, gives me a reference as to who I am as an individual, and my work gives me a reference as to who I am as a Homo sapiens. I think that's a very perfect match, in my view.
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People who work in financial services don't have one shred of concern about the well-being of the people they serve. They're only interested in themselves.
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I realized it wasn't necessary to work in the traditional methods of carving and casting.
