Walter Murch Quotes
I think every age has a medium that talks to it more eloquently than the others. In the 19th century it was symphonic music and the novel. For various technical and artistic reasons, film became that eloquent medium for the 20th century.
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It's different for every song. But for 'Say Something,' I think it was Chad who had an idea on guitar, and I had an idea on piano for different songs, and we just married them together. We bounce things off each other constantly and kind of massage all these ideas into a three and a half minute pop song.
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Never fear to deliberately walk through dark places, for that is how you reach the light on the other side.
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If a political opponent has different approaches than mine, that doesn't make them a bad person. It means they have different backgrounds, experiences, and ideas.
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You can only learn by opening yourself up to engage with different sources of information. How can you learn something if you never see it, read it, or hear it?
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Whatever good or bad is said by former cricketers is considered gospel. Our media should not blow out of proportion the opinion of former cricketers.
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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous.
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The judge is forced for the most part to reach his audience through the medium of the press whose reporting of judicial decisions is all too often inaccurate and superficial.
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A novel is not a rant.
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For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first.
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I don't think there's a perfect time to have kids. I think first you have to find the perfect person.
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I've lived in New York for a really long time.
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Me and my dad are kind of distant since my mom and him separated.
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The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.
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You know, I was a community activist, so I'm used to standing out in front of an elected official's office and protesting.
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I always enjoyed myself a lot in pre-school.
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I'm mostly drawn to narratives that are difficult for me to visualize.
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The studio didn't ask them to learn their trade, they just worked them, and when that personality or that gimmick or whatever they had ran dry at the box office, they were dropped and out.
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One person I've always wanted to work with who would be an amazing guest star would be James Earl Jones.
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I believe that Jesus realized his oneness with God and he showed, what he attempted to do was show the way to all of us, how to realize our own onenes with God also, so he's a precursor.
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Retail businesses have narrow margins. If you cut off a flow of young consumers, it's only a matter of time before the businesses struggle and fail.
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I would give my life a thousand times that God might not be offended.
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You'd think after 8 years of things called 'The Patriot Act' and 'No Child Left Behind' they would know that we have figured out the 'Call it what it ain't' PR ploy by now, but... um... no.
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I tell people all the time - I'm a very spiritual person, so I pray over everything that I do including creating music, a new song.
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I think every age has a medium that talks to it more eloquently than the others. In the 19th century it was symphonic music and the novel. For various technical and artistic reasons, film became that eloquent medium for the 20th century.
