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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Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts.
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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 like restraint, if it doesn't go too far.
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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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When you become a parent, you really care that you get that right, and you care about nothing else.
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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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Of course, nothing just falls into your lap - to get where I am now, I've worked hard.
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Coming in solemn beauty like slow old tunes of Spain.
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We are not born with a need for knowledge, but a hunger for it. Eve bit the apple and it has been gluttony ever since.
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For our last number, I'd like to ask your help. Would the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands. And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry.
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Life is not as idle ore, But iron dug from central gloom, And heated hot with burning fears, And dipt in baths of hissing tears, And batter'd with the shocks of doom, To shape and use.
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When it shall be known that, at the time which I was accused of wishing to sunder this island from France - my benefactress - I repeated the oath of fidelity to her, I take pleasure in believing that the government I own, and my fellow-citizens, will render me the justice I merit, and that the enemies of my brethren will be reduced to silence.
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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.
