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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We are very serious about imposing weapons restrictions on the PFLP and other Palestinian groups operating from their camps in Lebanon.
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I still can't believe it when people say I am a celebrity.
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I will not compromise on language or content. At 15, people can handle the same language as me, they're just as complicated as me and are very interested in thinking about important questions for the first time.
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I used to think people above me might get jealous because I wanted to do what they did. But no, people are much nicer than that.
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A military childhood in the 1950s was very much informed by WWII. My brothers and I often heard stories from our dad - and from other kids - about things that had happened to their dads. We constantly played war games and, nearly every Saturday, saw a different WWII movie at the post theater.
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Everyone must be in the same competitive situation, including on the fiscal level.
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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.
