Bryce Dessner Quotes
It doesn't necessarily take four years to write a good piece of music. It might take four hours. It just depends on when your inspiration comes.
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I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money, but I didn't have it for many decades. I'm always trying to get shows put on for 25 per cent less production costs.
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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
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It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it. The extent and complexity of the problem does not matter was much as does the willingness to solve it.
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Lest Arab governments be tempted out of sheer routine to rush into impulsive rejection, let me suggest that tragedy is not what men suffer but what they miss.
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I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.
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There is something uniquely American about the motel: It speaks to the transient nature of America itself, one enabled and encouraged by our roads and highways.
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I'm all over the place, and I consider myself a bit of a scrounger: 'What will I do next, so I'm not broke?'
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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I suppose I am one of those lucky people who eats what they like and doesn't gain too much weight.
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I know that might sound silly coming from someone my age, but I remember on my 14th birthday having a crisis like my mom should be having. I kept thinking that I was getting older, and I haven't really accomplished anything. I remember thinking that I better accomplish something real soon.
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My father was a headmaster in England and then the dean of a college in Australia. We moved there when I was about five, so my education was in Australia, and I always felt I was Australian even though my passport was British.
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This is my seventh decade... and every once in a while I get a hankering to re-visit these songs again... songs with which I have had a great relationship.
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I really don't know the secret to it, but I'd like to think my desirability is a combination of my personality, my image, and, most importantly, the kind of films I do.
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I'm thankful that I have lived long enough to become a legend, and I hope I deserve it.
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In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.
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We almost need a revolution in the culture of our thinking about football.
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The days of the painter at the Bauhaus appear to be truly over. They are estranged from the actual core of present activities, and their influence is more restricting than inspiring.
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I turned Compaq from a small company with troubles into a computer powerhouse. We can do the same at Intershop.
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Being the son of a filmmaker, you are aware of a career as a director. You don't think of it as just movies, but as a life.
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Histories are to educate so that we understand better for ourselves and for motivation.
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I'm only... I'm only unhappy when the reviews are bad, but give me a good review and I'm a... I'm just screaming all over the place with joy.
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I'm associated with gospel music in the minds of millions of people.
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'My Life' is not an autobiography. It's just music.
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It doesn't necessarily take four years to write a good piece of music. It might take four hours. It just depends on when your inspiration comes.
