Harrison Birtwistle Quotes
I think music has gone through a period of something very severe, rather radical, rather the way painting did with cubism.
Quotes to Explore
-
There is nothing out there that I have a grudge against or I have a problem with.
-
Most of the good people of my generation... had offers to become editors, but the thought of going inside was just absolutely horrifying.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.
-
I need to be doing different things all the time; it's just part of who I am.
-
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.
-
We need leaders who will stand unapologetically in defense of marriage.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
-
One person I've always wanted to work with who would be an amazing guest star would be James Earl Jones.
-
The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.
-
One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it.
-
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.
-
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.
-
I'm quite physical. I'm from one of those dog-walking families where hiking up a mountain is meant to be fun.
-
Being mystified is a good beginning, because you won't do what you've done before.
-
Please don't assault me with that meat amalgam. It would surely cause infection.
-
In primary schools, I set two main objectives - to cut infant class sizes and improve literacy and numeracy.
-
We're all complex human beings, and if some of that complexity shows through, I think it's advantageous for the movie.
-
I think music has gone through a period of something very severe, rather radical, rather the way painting did with cubism.
