Brian Ferneyhough Quotes
I would not say that I was, these days, a 'student' of philosophy, although in my youth I was quite deeply involved with certain aspects of the British pragmatists.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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I'm pretty much a thrift shop gal. Flea markets on Sundays.
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When you go back and really listen to the legendary rappers, this is timeless music. Guys like Biggie, guys like Pac, timeless music.
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You don't have to hit anybody on the head to be sexy.
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There's nothing more marvelously wintery than orange root veg mash; some butter is all it needs.
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I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle.
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My parents did not discourage me but could not understand how I could make a living by art. Their idea of an artist was a person who was condemned to starvation.
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When the sacredness of one's word is matched in the attributes of his character throughout, all that constitutes a man, then we find that there is something in a man's life greater than his occupation or his achievements; grander than acquisition or wealth; higher than genius; more enduring than fame.
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I don't actually think there has ever been too much emphasis on what I am wearing.
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I used to skip breakfast, but eating gets my metabolism going, so I burn more calories all day.
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We have a history of great producers - ABBA and Max Martin - we have proof of people being successful from Sweden.
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Lotteries, a tax upon imbeciles.
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My buddies worked with me for weeks, and I went up to take my test, and started crying because I couldn't remember the words. I can remember songs. If you put it to a melody, I would have sung it to 'em in a minute.
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The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing.
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I had no education in filmmaking. I started with a 8mm camera. I made 34 films, and little by little I gained more experience in filming.
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I had a meal in Pizza Hut and the waitress told me I didn't need to pay. So I decided to be a bit cheeky and ask for more pizza and garlic bread.
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It is natural that we should always expect an Israeli attack, even when it does not threaten.
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Most mothers want more of dad in their children’s lives, not less.
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Knowledge is also inferred from what is accepted as established knowledge, with new knowledge being based on the best explanation. This includes possible truths subject to proof.
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And often it would be a woman who was in her 70s or 80s who would win the beauty contest, because bound feet never age.
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You start out with Mad magazine, and you go right through the sort of black humor of Lenny Bruce, Lord Buckley, Mort Sahl, Paul Krassner... If you put Lenny together with Mad magazine and run it through the brain of a college student, you get National Lampoon.
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I always think my face is quite nondescript - it sort of fits in to any period. It's not really distinct enough for you to remember me from something.
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I am not interested in the support of anybody who stands for any form of prejudice as to anybody's race or religion. . . . I have no place in my philosophy for such beliefs.
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I would not say that I was, these days, a 'student' of philosophy, although in my youth I was quite deeply involved with certain aspects of the British pragmatists.
