Harrison Birtwistle Quotes
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Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, 'Thank God, I'm still alive.' But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again.
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Our international success started out first because we became the No. 1 casual wear brand in our home market of Japan. Then, we set up stores in the world's major fashion centers of New York, Paris and London.
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I have great stories. I am going to write a book.
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I try not to see Woody Harrelson because he has become this big movie star, and it grates, so I try and stay away from him.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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Going to Freedom's Watch was a job opportunity that presented itself, so I jumped at it.
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If my client calls me and says, 'I'm going to a friend's premiere,' I'll say, 'Come over and let's do something cute.' And I won't bill them for that.
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At an unprecedented time with the worst attack ever on our soil, our President displayed extraordinary determination, leadership and resolve when history was thrust upon him and the United States.
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The most powerful symptom of love is a tenderness which becomes at times almost insupportable.
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I feel like there's so much darkness in all of my books.
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I managed to survive the worst things any entertainer could possibly go through.
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I want the world to get a feel of me, showing them the way I am and the way I get down.
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I'm at a loss for words. But even my loss is amplified.
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On Nov. 5, 2012, my friend Elliott Carter died in New York at the age of 103. For me, he was and remains one of the most interesting figures of music history in the past century.
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I love playing moms. It's a lot easier than being a mom, I hear.
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Elves are like trees, grounded and focused from the trunk down but graceful and agile on top.
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A man with a million dollars can be as happy nowadays as though he were rich.
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Man is a mind betrayed, not served, by his organs.
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I was no great achiever at school, either academically or in the sporting field... I was always tending to be in trouble.
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What I take from writers I like is their economy - the ability to use language to very effective ends. The ability to have somebody read something and see it, or for somebody to paint an entire landscape of visual imagery with just sheets of words - that's magical.
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I never - when I go into a project, I don't think too much about if there's a lot of other sci-fi books out there or horror books or whatever. I just tell the stories I want to tell, and I think that is evident on the page.
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If someone really loves you, they'll do the right thing... for you.
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Unilever, Nestle and SAB Miller are all taking a long-term approach to investing in sustainable resource consumption. Each is driving through better resource management, which is expected to yield positive returns in the future.
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I didn't have a record player.
