Max Richter Quotes
I just really try to stay focused on what the material is wanting to do. My basic assumption is that no one will ever listen to it anyway. It's fidelity to the material. That's my contract: It's me and the material. And if it connects with other people, I'm thrilled.
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The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names.
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I'm not a collector of clothes. I've got clothes to wear.
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The earth laughs in flowers.
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I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
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I've raised Michael. I changed his diapers when he was little.
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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
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If people get to the end of the record, then that is a treat.
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I have three boys, so I live in a household full of testosterone.
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We need to move past blame and make sure we are delivering care to our veterans.
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A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.
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I like boxes because of the secrets they hide.
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Allowing adult children who live at home who are in between jobs to stay on their parents' health care, I think that's a lot of Republican support for that, with or without Obamacare.
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I'd never been published when I was young.
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
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I always hope to be a better person tomorrow than today.
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My choosing Islam was not a political statement; it was a spiritual statement.
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I found that female pathfinders generally integrate characteristics commonly associated with being women - like the capacity to be intimate - with 'male' ones like ambition and courage.
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Design can successfully bind the ancient nomadic cultures with today's global marketplace, ensuring the preservation of traditions and knowledge for further generations. This aspect of research is obviously rich in its business potential as well.
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I love learning new techniques.
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It is true that as people, we tend to remember only the positive. With time, the grim details fade away, and as a species we survive on this notion. In our desire to gloss over the undeniable macabre parts of our American history, we forget. That amnesia manifests itself, especially when dealing with the plight of black men.
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I never like revealing too much about myself. Once you start giving people that look into your life, then they just want more and more.
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To a greater or lesser extent there goes on in every person a struggle between two forces: the longing for privacy and the urge to go places: the introversion, interest directed within oneself toward one's own inner life of vigorous thought and fancy; and extroversion, interest directed outward, toward the external world of people and tangible values.
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I just really try to stay focused on what the material is wanting to do. My basic assumption is that no one will ever listen to it anyway. It's fidelity to the material. That's my contract: It's me and the material. And if it connects with other people, I'm thrilled.
