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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Power says if you are a committee chairman, your idea is good only because you have got power.
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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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My art originates from hallucinations only I can see. I translate the hallucinations and obsessional images that plague me into sculptures and paintings.
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I think that's what helped us: confidence, respect, the desire to work hard.
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It ain't easy to break out of a mold, but if you do your work, people will ultimately see what you're capable of. Too often, people find it easier to make assumptions and stick with what they believe. They put you in a place and it makes their job easier. The good people constantly search for something different.
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Great cataclysmic things can go by and neither the orchestra nor the conductor are under the delusion that whether they make this or that gesture is going to be the deciding factor in how it comes out.
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For me, acting is play. It's just play and it's playing make believe really, really well.
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Fame and wealth without wisdom are unsafe possessions.
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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.
