Pierre Boulez Quotes
My parents were so far from the music world that they couldn't conceive how you could make a living. But for me, it was the only solution for the rest of my life.
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Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all.
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I seriously object to seeing on the screen what belongs in the bedroom.
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I believe in the institution of marriage and it's like a tag to cement the relationship for your friends, family and public.
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In 1958, my father invested everything he had in a business venture and became the largest automobile dealership in Chicago for Ford's new Edsel line. But Edsel sales plummeted and my father fell into bankruptcy. I watched him struggle; working long hours to protect us from poverty.
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When the Chinese first came to San Francisco, they were actually welcomed by the mayor and they had special ceremonies for them-again this is when their colony was very small, only a few Chinese.
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Republicans are for both the man and the dollar, but in case of conflict the man before the dollar.
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I hate competition.
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I keep wondering at night, 'Will I have a bank the next morning, or will some technology company be doing banking without needing a bank?'
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Everyone wants to be a stylist. If you know that's your calling, then you need to intern as much a humanly possible. You need to go to fashion school if you can.
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I'm kind of a sucker for the retro-diagnoses.
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Michael Jackson wanted to be in Men in Black II. He told me he had seen the first Men in Black in Paris and had stayed behind and sat there and wept. I had to explain to him that it was a comedy.
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Fortune cookies are a good idea. If the message is positive, it can make your day a little better.
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I could probably give you a list of a dozen pet peeves I have about my own physicality and why I couldn't get a second date.
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Visual elements are, of course, the director's job.
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Hippy people had a hopeful idea of what they wanted the world to be like, then most of them changed into corporate Yuppies. But I still have that hippy thing underneath somewhere.
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Don't monitor your online savings account in real time.
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Oh. Yes. There. Is. A. Lot of pressure. As a solo singer. Absolutely.
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I'm not questioning Dick Cheney's motives. There's a chance for a conflict of interest. At one point in time, he was opposed to going into Baghdad. Then he was out of office and involved in the defense industry, and then he became for going into Baghdad.
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I don't have feeling in my feet to my fingertips; I also have active lesions in my bone marrow and in my eyes.
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We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are.
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I remember those moments in my life when the tape came out on that Tuesday, and I went to Sam Goody to cop it. And sitting and listening to it. In awe of the music I was listening to, but also imagining this music at the hip-hop clubs and with the homies in the car.
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The genius of Kate Middleton is that she hasn't gone too far. She's still dressing in a way that people can relate to.
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At Campbell's, we're listening to consumers. We recognize that real and healthier food is better for our consumers and our business. Our goal is to be the leading health and well-being food company.
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My parents were so far from the music world that they couldn't conceive how you could make a living. But for me, it was the only solution for the rest of my life.
