Neville Marriner Quotes

Most Beethoven symphonies require 80 or more instruments, and the late romantics even more.

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• I'm resigned to the fact that the corseted history of America is not as exciting as that of Britain.

  

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• It seemed to me that the real philosophical breakthroughs of the 20th century were in terms of the understanding of language. What is language? Where does it come from, how does it work, what does it do?

  

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• When students leave college, they are like children who know nothing about the problems of life, and don't have a political stance.

  

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• I really wanted to work and become independent.

  

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• I don't fear anything now.

  

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• Dylan, myself and my father were in a two hour movie called The Sand Kings, which started off the Outer Limits series. It was sort of the two hour pilot movie.

  

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• It's my firm intention to whop cancer into submission and I truly believe I've given myself the best start possible by radically overhauling my diet and by staying true to my motto, which is: Don't worry, be happy, feel good. The first thing I did when I was diagnosed was to turn vegan.

  

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• It's very much a piece of myself when I write a song. I don't mean to say it's very personal, like the lyrics mean something personal to me. When I write a song, that's my taste in music – my taste in chord progressions and melodies.

  

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• Tenderly Kala nursed her little waif, wondering silently why it did not gain strength and agility as did the little apes of other mothers. It was nearly a year from the time the little fellow came into her possession before he would walk alone, and as for climbing - my, but how stupid he was!

  

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• I like the word fuck. Fucking deal with it and move on to the first fucking question you have.

  

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• I would like people to recognize in looking at my story that the person who has the most to do with what happens to you is you. It's not the environment, it's not the other people who were there trying to help you or trying to stop you. It's what you decide to do and how much effort you put behind it.

  

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• There's a therapeutic aspect to all making, but the nature of working is to compress, condense, and shape stuff, not to just expunge it. It's not just an exorcism.

  

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• You're not supposed to say the word 'cancer' in a song.And tellin' folks Jesus is the answer can rub 'em wrong.It ain't hip to sing about tractors, trucks, little towns, and mama, yeah that might be true.But this is country music and we do.

  

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• Love, when it fits inside a flower, is infinite.

  

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• It always feels nice to be associated with a team you share a great bond with.

  

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• The one function that TV news performs very well is that when there is no news we give it to you with the same emphasis as if it were.

  

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• As a feminist, just to speak to what women go through, I think women are put in a box way too often. What I love about 'You're the Worst' is that no female character is portrayed as a black-and-white cartoon character. We're all complicated, messy human beings.

  

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• 'Election' is a movie I'd give a leg to cross the director's name out and put mine in.

  

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• All the great cellists I revered played on this stage, including Casals, du Pré, Rostropovich, and, most of all, Mr. J. I was blown away by the thought of the impending concert. Like the old joke about Carnegie Hall, there is only one way to get to Avery Fisher and, that is, “practice, practice, practice.”

  

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• A pompadour is actually pretty easy for me; it takes me about five minutes.

  

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• If I can't hit at a high level, I won't play, and I know there comes a point where my body won't be able to do that.

  

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• Most Beethoven symphonies require 80 or more instruments, and the late romantics even more.

  

  Neville Marriner