Bryce Dessner Quotes
I love the physicality of instruments, and instruments as objects, like dancers are bodies.
Quotes to Explore
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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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Jaipur, like Florence or Kyoto, other artisan-rich cities to which it roughly compares, has always been known for its craftsmanship.
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The problem of telling contemporary history is that your message gets outdated.
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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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When I give somebody something and see their face, it just makes me so happy.
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Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.
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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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It's great to engage with the mainstream media to get messages out, but the most empowering tool is to create records of our lives, and our own images, which are not filtered through judgements, biases, or misunderstandings.
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For children parents are always a burden. But parents who draw too much attention to themselves are intolerable.
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My God, what do we want? What does any human being want?
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I love the physicality of instruments, and instruments as objects, like dancers are bodies.
