Harrison Birtwistle Quotes
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In the Gulf War, U.S. Marine Corps wheeled vehicles were killing Iraqi T-72 tanks.
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I always loved music, and I always wanted to make a film about it, but I could never do it because of the censorship that was around.
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I never thought I wouldn't succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I would make it.
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If I get to a place early in the morning, I try to walk around by myself. I still try to find cool places to go to, like a record store in St. Louis or some restaurant in Chicago.
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There's nobody else that can double me - except for a doll.
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I wasn't raised super-poor, but my parents got divorced, and my mother didn't have much money. Even now if I have a cake, I'll eat it slowly, and I save most of the money I have.
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The 1950s would be my ideal decade because I'm actually very traditional; I enjoy being at home, and I'm a complete nester.
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Whenever I am losing, it's like, 'It's his fault'. And whenever I'm winning it's like, 'That's us'. That's the team, the people.
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A serious problem in America is the gap between academe and the mass media, which is our culture. Professors of humanities, with all their leftist fantasies, have little direct knowledge of American life and no impact whatever on public policy.
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I did a shoot with massive iguanas in Costa Rica when I was modeling back then. They were like little dinosaurs, and they sat right across my arms and by my face. The guy told me not to make any sudden movements because they had enormous claws. The guy said he would rip my skin if he attacked.
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Anytime you do something in this arena, whether it's public records or ethics, it's not like throwing a stone in a quiet pond. It's like throwing a boulder.
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Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.
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The entire value of a person is subjective to your relationship with them.
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Unfortunately, we have seen terrorist groups use social media to spread hateful propaganda, to recruit members, and to incite violence with alarming effectiveness.
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I think the government must recognise that the wounds of conflict are even more grievous on the mind than the body, and indeed may even serve to fuel further conflict. Where conflict cannot be avoided, provision of adequate psychosocial services to prevent the adverse mental health consequences should take priority.
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Calling it off comes easy enough if you haven't told the girl you are smitten with her.
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People know I have a good time on stage. I love my life. I love my job.
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You can blow on the dice all you want, but whether they come up 'seven' is still a function of random luck.
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There are a lot of good things about string theory, and it's great that some people want to work on it.
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I love the magic of the studio.
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I try to listen to as much different music as possible - I've always got music blasting in my ears!
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Government is supposed to be about how we do things together, and we can do that much more together if we use technology smartly right now.
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When I was a kid, I wrote music - from the age of 11 until the age of 18.
