Pierre Schaeffer Quotes
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I think mobility is very important, not only to discover opportunities elsewhere but at times, also to appreciate better what your home town has. Allahabad, for instance, has the feel of a small, tightly-knit community where everyone participates.
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I think most writers will say that at the start of each book they think, 'I'm not sure I can do this.' But eventually, you reach a magical point where the story suddenly becomes real to you, and you become totally invested in it.
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We didn't sleep last week - we literally didn't sleep - because we've been so busy with the book.
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You don't go out and change your gender for a television show, O.K.? It ain't happening. I don't care who you are.
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Some stories, my property, have been stolen. Someone's appropriated them. It's an illicit act. It's unfair. Suppose you had a coat you liked, and somebody went into your closet and stole it. That's how I feel.
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The most striking development of the great depression of 1929 is a profound skepticism of the future of contemporary society among large sections of the American people.
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I've never been that guy who says, 'Ooh, I have to play King Lear'. First off, that'd be a disaster anyway. I tend to read something and see who's involved, and then know I want to be part of it. But I don't think I'm through with comedy. I still love to make people laugh.
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There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it's about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people.
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Chicago is one city. We shall work as one people for our common good and our common goals.
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In the past, the West had tried to export one formula of democracy which should fit to the rest of the world, and they discovered that this doesn't work.
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Programs like food stamps, unemployment insurance, Medicaid, and job retraining help Americans get back on their feet when they are down and out and laid off through no fault of their own.
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I don't think I can play Mr. Bachchan.
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It seems like WikiLeaks has better information on Hillary Clinton than she does herself.
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As an actor, you don't want to play a one-dimensional character.
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I've had situations where producers would be like, 'Could you meet me? Take the train; don't tell your parents.'
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Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency. Man is a social being.
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The way to a man's heart is through his chest.
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I've done a lot of Super Bowls and appeared in a lot of big, big events and places and the Masters and what have you, but there was nothing as intimidating as speaking with Billy Graham.
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Actors are intelligent. Yet, many of them do not communicate well. That's what makes it so hard to have a relationship with one.
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Tennis Australia really led the charge as far as upping the prize money and trying to do the right thing by the players. They also led the way so women have equal prize money in all the grand slams too.
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Hollywood is full of beautiful people - but who knows how many are beautiful inside?
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My definition of hip hop is taking elements from many other spheres of music to make hip hop. Whether it be breakbeat, whether it be the groove and grunt of James Brown or the pickle-pop sounds of Kraftwerk or Yellow Magic Orchestra, hip hop is also part of what they call hip-house now, or trip hop, or even parts of drum n' bass.
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Chauvinist doesn't mean sexist. Chauvinist means extremely patriotic.
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Something new has been added, a new art of sound. Am I wrong in calling it music?
