Bryce Dessner Quotes
I love the physicality of instruments, and instruments as objects, like dancers are bodies.
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I don't know how I did it, but I worked 7 days a week.
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Thought is an infection. In the case of certain thoughts, it becomes an epidemic.
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It comes back to the same old question people are always asking me: 'When are you going to do a solo record?' Well, if I did, it would probably be similar to 'Baluchitherium,' meaning it would be Van Halen music - which I write anyway - but without singing.
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I generally wake up at 4:30, have breakfast No. 1, then get to the pool by 5 a.m.
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If you do not feel yourself growing in your work and your life broadening and deepening, if your task is not a perpetual tonic to you, you have not found your place.
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I root for anyone who's got kids and if they want to make it work.
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I would rather listen to plays in the car than read them.
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There is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine.
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People assuming that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit.
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I never doubted that I would be a good mayor. I never did.
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Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.
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I grew up with horses when I was a kid in Argentina. I like them. I respect them. I'm careful around them. You never know what they're going to do. They're endlessly interesting. I've had some good acting partners that were horses over the years.
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For those that are working part time, in small businesses, or who are unemployed and do not currently have health insurance, we want to make sure that you are covered.
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Perhaps we cannot raise the winds. But each of us can put up the sail, so that when the wind comes we can catch it.
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I watched the grey villages limp by, the wind tearing at torn posters of long-done events. What I needed, of course, was a drink.
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Races love to be judged in two ways-by the great men they produce, and by the average merit of the mass of the race.
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I watch you sleep in the still of the night / You look so pretty when you dream / So many people just go through life / Holding back, they don't say what they mean / But it's easy for me / Since you came
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I started racing go-karts. And I love karts. It's the most breathtaking sport in the world. More than F1, indeed, I used to like it most.
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Although she was in a fine humour and good spirits, she needed to recuperate. She was like a fine candle without enough wax to sustain the wick.
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That, sir, depends on whether I embrace your mistress or your politics.
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I assume most people trust me, if they vote for me in elections. And it is the most important thing. It places great responsibility on me, immense responsibility. I am grateful to the people for that trust, but I surely feel great responsibility for what I do and for the result of my work.
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There's a spiritual current in my work because there's a spiritual current in my life.
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I love the physicality of instruments, and instruments as objects, like dancers are bodies.
