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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For the first time I go to La Scala, for each thing, for each rehearsal, my knees were shaking. But the audience was very fine with me.
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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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I'm obviously not a politician, nor do I have the desire to be one, but I'm a conscious citizen.
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In teaching color, you teach people how to look something and see the tone in it and break it down to be able to paint it and reproduce that color. But then, I'm psychedelic, so I look at color differently. I like colors that are in contrast with one another, so that they flicker back and forth.
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America faces many challenges...but the enemy I fear most is complacency. We are about to be hit by the full force of global competition. If we continue to ignore the obvious task at hand while others beat us at our own game, our children and grandchildren will pay the price. We must now establish a sense of urgency.
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Movies are not scripts - movies are films; they're not books, they're not the theatre.
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I didn't have a record player.
