Jacques Ibert Quotes
I dream of a collaboration that would finally be total, in which the librettist would often think as a composer and the composer as a librettist.
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I work in the most non-Communist job. I work for 'Martha Stewart Living.'
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My favorite writers are all Jews - David, Solomon, Matthew, Mark - well, you get the picture.
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All morons hate it when you call them a moron.
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On June 23, 1864, Ambrose Bierce was in command of a skirmish line of Union soldiers at Kennesaw Mountain in northern Georgia. He'd been a soldier for three years and, in that time, had been commended by his superiors for his efficiency and bravery during battle.
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I've made a decision and now I must face the consequences.
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I am not the only intense or intellectual cricketer. I played with other cricketers who could be pretty intense and intellectual.
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I like '50s and '60s American art. I have 85 or 90 Warhols.
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Each book tends to have its own identity rather than the author's. It speaks from itself rather than you. Each book is unlike the others because you are not bringing the same voice to every book. I think that keeps you alive as a writer.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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If you ask three people what it means to be Christian, you will get three different answers. Some feel being baptized is sufficient. Others feel you must accept the Bible as immutable historical fact. Still others require a belief that all those who do not accept Christ as their personal savior are doomed to hell.
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Any commodity that sees its price going higher will see new mines opening up. When the supply increases, the prices soften. When prices fall, some mines with higher production costs will shut down as they become unviable.
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You can observe a lot by watching.
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Now my goal is to be strong. I get two classes in a week, and they'll be either barre or reformer Pilates.
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My job is being 'Mrs. Ronald Reagan.'
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I've got two small kids. I want to make sure they grow up to be good people. Do they treat people well? Are they kind?
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Heroes don't wear diapers. It's just not cool.
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Our decision to close on Sunday was our way of honoring God and of directing our attention to things that mattered more than our business.
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I think you have to be really lucky to pick the sort of roles you want to do.
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The best policymakers know that in start-ups, as in politics, not everything works out exactly as planned.
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But among them now were a large number of Communists in positions of great power within the new union movement, some of them actually moving close to the center of power. This was the crack in the wall through which they entered. Their power was to grow and prosper.
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'Triple Agent' is a different kind of read because it is, at its core, a pure narrative, the story of an intelligence operation that unfolds over the course of a year and then goes badly wrong. There's a lot of 'news' in the book, including an account of drone warfare that is as detailed, in my humble opinion, as any in the open-source arena.
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Freedom is not the right to do what we want, but what we ought.
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There is but one poetry-true poetry.
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I dream of a collaboration that would finally be total, in which the librettist would often think as a composer and the composer as a librettist.
