Maurice Ravel Quotes
I am not one of the great composers. All the great have produced enormously. There is everything in their work - the best and the worst, but there is always quantity. But I have written relatively little.
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It is important to be well read, at least a little bit.
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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My baby is amazing; even his head smells amazing. His breath, the whole thing, you could eat him! He's a big, beautiful boy. He's great.
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I often will write a scene from three different points of view to find out which has the most tension and which way I'm able to conceal the information I'm trying to conceal. And that is, at the end of the day, what writing suspense is all about.
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I like different statement jewelry, especially around the ears.
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I only got interested in radio once I talked my way into an internship at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 1978, never having heard the network on the air.
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I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
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Most of the tasks we do are for humans. For example, a tax calculation is counting numbers so the government can pull money out from my wallet, but government consists of humans.
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Beauty can make you powerful in a way that isn't good for you. Being OK is better for the person I have become.
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Power says if you are a committee chairman, your idea is good only because you have got power.
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For years, I have repeatedly said that Maryland taxpayers were being overtaxed and overcharged.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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I thoroughly enjoy working with kids, whether it's The First Tee or the lesson tee with my grandkids.
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I can change a light fixture, and I can do certain things. But I'm really bad in terms of construction. I can't do any of it on my own.
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I'm not 'Will's brother' anymore. Will is my brother. I'm paving the way for all middle children out there.
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The war against terrorism is a war against those who engage in torture.
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Maybe I'm just purely lucky. If I've come up against obstacles I've always found another way around it.
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My way of expression is full of complications and mystery because that's my perception of life.
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People often ask me, was it hard to play this person or that person? Well, no, not really. Acting is what I do. It's my job.
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But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.
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If only I was as eloquent as Demosthenes, I would have to do no more than repeat a single word three times.
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My father moved out to Park City in in the mid-'70s and lived in a Winnebago behind a hippie joint called Utah Coal & Lumber that was one of only two or three restaurants at that time. Park City was a sleepy little mining town, with not a condo in sight.
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The concept of power we admire is power over someone else.
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I am not one of the great composers. All the great have produced enormously. There is everything in their work - the best and the worst, but there is always quantity. But I have written relatively little.
