Brian Ferneyhough Quotes
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What can I know? What ought I to do? What can I hope?
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Throughout U.S. history, national crises have been used to suspend constitutional protections and attack basic rights. After the Civil War, with the nation in crisis, the promise of 40 acres and a mule to freed slaves was promptly betrayed.
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I'm not trying to be coy or manipulative or Machiavellian, I want to spark people's imaginations.
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I never thought 'Stairway to Heaven' was a long song. I loved how there was this part and then there was another part that was completely different.
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One theme I ran into over and over while writing about the periodic table was the future of energy and the question of which element or elements will replace carbon as king.
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Every village in Africa now has a cyber cafe.
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Growing up, I had a very happy childhood, with two parents who are still very much together.
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If you want to have prosperity here, we really have to see our small businesses able to grow and compete around the world.
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It's easy to make a film, but it's hard to make a career of being a filmmaker.
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My first name, with the rare two-r spelling, came from a sportswriter named Garry Schumacher. My parents didn't know him personally, but my mother liked the spelling.
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Finally we are a nation with some conscience. It means alliances are extremely important when they're based on a national interest. We have to have the ability to sustain our presence within those alliances.
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I'm definitely not a super great guitarist. Ultimately, I just write a lot of love songs.
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The more work I do and the more I put myself out there publicity-wise, it's gonna be less and less chances of me being able to just walk around without being noticed.
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I think I'm an okay parent, but I'd put myself in the category of a musician-who-happened-to-become-a-father. I'm definitely not a father-who-happened-to-be-a-musician.
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Using the power you derive from the discovery of the truth about racism in South Africa, you will help us to remake our part of the world into a corner of the globe on which all - of which all of humanity can be proud.
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I have legendary massive breakfasts at hotels. I don't hold back. I'll get there at 7A.M. and I'll be the last out at 11 A.M., having gone up and down the buffet seven times.
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If I leave this sport, I think life will stop.
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If you don't want to deal with them, fine. But don't hamper other people from dealing with them.
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Whether it goes to series or stands by itself, I'm proud of what we did with it, not only from the standpoint of what it could have been, but for itself.
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Yeah, I like to have fun - I think that's a good way to live. I think you're better at your job if you like it.
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If things go wrong and you hit a dead end-as you will-it's just life's way of saying it's time to change course.
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My poetry is a declaration of war, not an exordium to defeat. It is not the defeated soldier's drumbeat of despair, but the fighting warrior's will to win. It is not the de-spirited voice of dejection but the stirring shout of victory.
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Kids, kids. As far as Daddy's concerned, you're both potential murderers.
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The past nine years in San Diego have represented such a period of questioning.
