James Lapine Quotes
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I love talking about myself.
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Although, I am proud of all my Symphonies as they all have something special to say, my particular favourite is the Fifth. As the great Mahler expert Donald Mitchell said that if Mahler had written another Symphony, it would have been my Fifth!
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I feel birth, death, marriage is destined, and these things can't be manipulated. I have surrendered my life completely. So, whenever it happens, I will accept it.
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New York may be the city that never sleeps, but Shanghai doesn't even sit down, and not just because there is no room.
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When I appeared in 'Coronation Street,' I lived in Manchester and enjoyed it very much.
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I don't think, until you've actually lost somebody you really love, that you can go through that door that allows you to be grown-up.
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'Deacon Blues' was special for me. It's the only time I remember mixing a record all day and, when the mix was done, feeling like I wanted to hear it over and over again. It was the comprehensive sound of the thing: the song itself, its character, the way the instruments sounded, and the way Tom Scott's tight horn arrangement fit in.
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I study a lot of philosophy. I want to be an example of how to enjoy this success, and that's exactly what I've done. I've enjoyed every moment.
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I always felt too young and selfish to have children of my own.
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It's hard being black. You ever been black? I was black once - when I was poor.
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Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the same time.
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I tend to agree with many aspects of President Obama's policies.
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Chemical weapons are something that scares everybody.
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The reality is, when you're representing someone that's guilty, you're in the position of taking that position.
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I represent my country, but I also represent the continent of Africa when I play in Europe. That's why it's important to try to achieve something big.
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They wanted me to do movies and television when I was very young, and it was a big temptation, but I really thought the only way I could learn the profession was on the stage.
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Much of the modern resistance to chastity comes from men's belief that they 'own' their bodies - those vast and perilous estates, pulsating with the energy that made the worlds, in which they find themselves without their consent and from which they are ejected at the pleasure of Another!
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When I got signed, I had just turned 16. I felt like I had to continuously have these confrontations with older men who were doubting my ideas because I was a woman, because I was 16.
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A fool and his money are soon married.
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I don't want to name drop, but Russell Crowe is the most famous person in my phone.
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If a scientist is reading a paper online and clicks through to purchase material, there's value there. It might be a business model; it might be enough to defray the cost of open access. I just want to create the infrastructure that makes movement and sharing easier.
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I see myself as a traveller.
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We have never shied away from making investments. Even during downcycles, we never stopped our investments.
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There are certain images that always haunt me.
