Harrison Birtwistle Quotes
I think music has gone through a period of something very severe, rather radical, rather the way painting did with cubism.
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There is nothing out there that I have a grudge against or I have a problem with.
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Most of the good people of my generation... had offers to become editors, but the thought of going inside was just absolutely horrifying.
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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Whatever good or bad is said by former cricketers is considered gospel. Our media should not blow out of proportion the opinion of former cricketers.
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The judge is forced for the most part to reach his audience through the medium of the press whose reporting of judicial decisions is all too often inaccurate and superficial.
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I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.
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I need to be doing different things all the time; it's just part of who I am.
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On the night of the winter solstice, when the dead get their annual reprieve, they go up to the 24-hour donut shop and wedding chapel to get hitched. Marriage is a good and proper pursuit for dead people. For a while, it relieves the dark, shuddering loneliness of the afterlife.
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We need leaders who will stand unapologetically in defense of marriage.
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It's not that that I'm not comfortable being naked, but when you grow up fat, you can't take away the shame or embarrassment even though you're a model. It's not just erased.
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I didn't want to set up a women's studies program. I thought women should learn to operate in a coeducational atmosphere, because, especially in national security and international affairs, it's male-dominated.
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Going out at night and having a fabulous social life takes a lot out of you, and I don't know if I have that much to give, honestly. I would rather give that time to my kids or spend that time reading a book or watching a film. I am selfish and lazy.
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The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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One person I've always wanted to work with who would be an amazing guest star would be James Earl Jones.
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The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.
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One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it.
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I am musical and I enjoy theatre, but I never wanted to just do theatre. I always wanted to go into film. I love film. I loved growing up in the theatre, but I always wanted to do film all along. But, I still pursue music separately.
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It's a voluntary act. I cannot punish anyone not taking the public transport, but I want everyone, from the highest ranking officers to the lowest, to take public transport every Wednesday.
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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We often see literature about women that impair and immerse the women themselves, such as when women are portrayed as objects of consumerism.
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Government acquisition of food supplies in time of war is no less important than conscription. Equity is the fundamental principle applicable to both these essential phases of war administration.
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You can't really take a vinyl record player on a plane so you're not going to have the same experience, but if you walk yourself away and allow yourself to experience these different moments with music, you're so much richer in experience for that. That's what I believe.
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There is only the present. A painting is an instant of time that has escaped oblivion.
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I think music has gone through a period of something very severe, rather radical, rather the way painting did with cubism.
