Johannes Brahms Quotes
It is not hard to compose, but what is fabulously hard is to leave the superfluous notes under the table.
Quotes to Explore
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Life is a school of probability.
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I don't like the 'must', the 'always', and the 'never' words. I don't like 'no' either.
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We must forget the prewar time, which was totally different. The sooner we adjust ourselves to the new, changed world, to its new, albeit harsh, beauties, the sooner will each individual be able to find his own personal happiness. The distress of Germany will spiritualize and deepen us.
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I know it's a cliche, but the whole family is just whacked. I mean, we're all out of our minds. They're the funniest, most eccentric bizarre people I've ever met, my siblings.
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I don't leave London, really, and I don't do theatre, because I want to put the kids to bed.
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A good ground rule for writing in any genre is, start with a form, then undermine its confidence in itself. Ask what it's afraid of, what it's trying to hide - then write that.
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I'm a Jew. I'm fascinated by our culture and our history, by what made us the people we are. It influences every breath I take. It informs and guides me. Without it, I'd just be a vacuum.
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I'm going to make myself seem more mysterious because I'm really not so mysterious. Or, if I am, it's because everybody is a mystery. Now that I'm older, at least I can be more amused by what people said.
Nastassja Kinski -
As image and apprehension are in an organic unity, so, for a Christian, are human body and human soul.
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What is the moral argument for an affirmative action that justifies unending race discrimination against a declining white working class, who have become the expendables of our multicultural regime?
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If there was a market in mass-produced portable nuclear weapons, we'd market them, too.
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The crime is now logical and reasonable.
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In the street the rain was little more than a fine mist which softened the outlines of the houses and even lent a touch of poetry to a neighbourhood unlikely to evoke tender emotions. He raised his eyes to a roofline bristling with television aerials, lowered them again to windows still blank before the evening lights were lit.
Anita Brookner -
When a man bores a woman, she complains. When a woman bores a man, he ignores her.
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Money has come to play a very bad role in the ANC; people's votes are bought, and patronage has become the order of the day. All those deviant tendencies need to be curbed.
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We need to fight for a new human rights movement that recognizes and values black life.
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I was sleeping in a water bed for a couple of years, recommended by my doctor. I was never comfortable in that water bed. In the middle of the night you would hear something happening - water and bubbles. I would always think there was some intelligent life in the water bed.
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I'd be like, 'You're a young, vibrant woman. Where are you?' I realized that I had been living in denial.
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Departures and arrivals tend to emphasize people's personalities.
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Mathematicians are like managers - they want improvement without change.
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I'm on the board of the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, which is run by Dr. Stacy Smith - she conceived of the inclusion rider. What I love about the inclusion rider is it uses the fact that Hollywood is based on hierarchies, and it knows that these key players have persuasive power.
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One of the sad truths about leadership is that, the higher up the ladder you travel, the less you know.
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It is not hard to compose, but what is fabulously hard is to leave the superfluous notes under the table.
