Brian Ferneyhough Quotes
Hence my obstinate emphasis on stylistic continuity from work to work rather than specific sibling relationships between the individual work and other members of its stylistic 'family' in the world outside.
Quotes to Explore
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I didn't audition for 'SNL.' I sent in a tape to 'SNL' the year before I started writing there, but I got the job there through doing stand-up on Fallon.
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Dear God! how beauty varies in nature and art. In a woman the flesh must be like marble; in a statue the marble must be like flesh.
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When I'm making music, I can hear all the parts, all the instruments. I can hear what it should be.
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I had no desire to be a chef, but I had a desire to be someone who was heard.
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The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.
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I believe there is a direct correlation between love and laughter.
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Six years, I didn't act. Then I wrote myself a role - I won prizes all over the world.
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The basic right to quality and affordable health care is under assault by Donald Trump and Republicans in Washington.
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I never, never thought one day I will sing at La Scala or I will get the Grammy. I'm lucky. I work a lot with a teacher, with my coach.
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Rand Paul does not like being compared to his father Ron any more than sons named Bush like to dance in their father's shadow, but the crucial difference is that while the Bushes all hail from the relative mainstream of the GOP, the Pauls have an ideological tributary virtually to themselves.
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I feel like every word I say now, I can really inspire people.
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The more women serve in executive office, the more confidence they gain in themselves and that voters gain in them.
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The Washingtonian said it shouldn't be built. The gallery's East Building is now considered a triumph, and members of the American Association of Architects have voted it one of the best buildings of all time.
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Some taxpayers may object to a print journalism bailout on the grounds that it mostly benefits the liberal elite. And we can't blame taxpayers for being reluctant to subsidize the reportorial careers of J-school twerps who should have joined the Peace Corps and gone to Africa to 'speak truth to power' to Robert Mugabe.
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I do my own thing. And I believe what I do is the right thing.
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I've always wanted to take up work that my heart is convinced about. And I shall continue to do so.
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I thought it must be desperate to be old. To wake up in the morning and remember that you were ancient - and so behave that way. I thought old people were full of aches and pains and horrible illnesses.
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If you look at the carrying capacity of agricultural areas throughout the world, their ecological habitats are changing. So I think we're looking at - in our lifetime - great collapses of food services.
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I oscillate between being cynical and being naive on a regular basis. I always think that not much shocks me until something much too obvious does.
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The price of being close to the President is delivering bad news. You fail him if you don't tell him the truth. Others won't do it.
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I don't really have preferred roles except those with some complexity.
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For me, music makes my smile brighter during my workouts. It adds that extra something that motivates me to go further or work harder!
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The best restriction I learned was getting into the habit of doing something, even if I didn't feel like it, instead of running away from it. Sometimes good work needs to be earned, and when you can overcome yourself, the muse notices and celebrates.
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Hence my obstinate emphasis on stylistic continuity from work to work rather than specific sibling relationships between the individual work and other members of its stylistic 'family' in the world outside.
