Philip Glass Quotes
I'm interested in what happens to music when other people use it. Whereas there are composers who don't like anyone to touch their music, I think people should because they do things I can't think of.
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Winning the World Cup was very special because it meant so much to so many. One thing about our country that is constant is cricket. The smile it brought to people's faces was the thing I shall always remember. It reminded me, reminded all of us, of our importance to the lives of the Indian people less lucky than we are.
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Wine and women do not go with song. Alcohol is the worst enemy of the imagination.
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If you date one woman a year, times 10 years, and that's 10 women.
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I think coming to work and being absurd and neurotic and thoughtful at the same time is far more interesting.
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I used to dream of some kind of way that you could carry a phone with you - but I never thought I would see it in my lifetime. It doesn't matter nowadays if you are caught in traffic or got lost on the way somewhere. You can just send a text and the recipient will know that you haven't fallen under a bus.
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The good news is that real-world hands-on conservation is alive and well and catching on across the America I travel.
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I'm not afraid of special effects, but I see them very much as a means to an end.
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I have a great office.
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The majority of the time, they take air out of the football. I think that, for me, is a disadvantage.
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I was quite good at football once, although other than that my speciality would be maths. I'm great at sudokus and find all the spin-off games pretty easy too.
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Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entity and are seldom thought to be important enough for serious scholarly consideration.
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When you live in L.A., it is easy to stay fit, as the weather is amazing.
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In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.
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People with water-borne diseases occupy more than 50% of hospital beds across the world. Does the answer lie in building more hospitals? Really, what is needed is to give them clean water.
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I found the happiest woman in America is between 50 and 55, is happily married, has made significant progress in her career, and lives in a community where she can easily exercise outside. But the most important single thing was she had her last child before she was 35.
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I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.
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I think who you are in school really sticks with you.
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I like to play a strong woman, but a strong woman can also be very fragile and vulnerable at the same time.
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I just reached the point where plot-driven novels don't hold my interest because I don't care about the fate of characters anymore - whether Emily marries Tom or not, that kind of thing.
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That is very cool that Benjamin Franklin walked the streets here. I read about Franklin in a library book. I think he was very smart and did more than fly a kite.
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Prison makes an interesting context for so many different characters to come together. You get to see what lines get drawn between people.
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I think the most important quality for a writer to have is empathy.
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I have met with political leaders, legislators, and diplomats, seeking the next steps to press in reducing and eliminating the nuclear threat in this century. I have participated in public coalitions developing programmes for action to combat the global rash of small arms. All are trying and making a difference.
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I'm interested in what happens to music when other people use it. Whereas there are composers who don't like anyone to touch their music, I think people should because they do things I can't think of.
