John Cage Quotes
It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of 'culture.'
Quotes to Explore
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You've got to live your life, you've got to enjoy it.
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Life doesn't stop because something happens to you.
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Tone is somewhat totalising in that, once I locate it, it tells me what kind of syntax to use, what word choices to make, how much white space to leave on the page, what sentence length, what the rhythmic patterning will be. If I can't find the tone, I sometimes try narrating through the point of view of someone else.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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Any story hits you harder if the person delivering it doesn't sound like some news robot but in fact sounds like a real person having the reactions a real person would.
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I was afraid of the internet... because I couldn't type.
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Sure, 'Les Miserables' can be melodramatic. And seeing the musical instead of reading the novel will save you some time and spare you the long part where Hugo goes on and on about the Parisian sewer system. But I would hate for the novel to lose that.
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I've always enjoyed making people laugh. But in order for me to be funny, I have to get ticked off about something.
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Often times I have been asked about the attributes for success, and I have said that you need two attributes for succeeding as an entrepreneur: one, courage, second, luck.
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We love those who know the worst of us and don't turn their faces away.
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You can blow on the dice all you want, but whether they come up 'seven' is still a function of random luck.
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Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning.
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In a world awash in debt, power shifts to creditors.
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I think the tone of the show has certainly changed over the years, because it's really, really hard to do something different when you have a show going on as long as this has.
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I have me. I have God. I have my son. Everything else is extra.
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A sociopath doesn't warm up their environment, doesn't make it cozy. They don't have to; when they're not performing, when they're not manipulating, when they're all alone, there's nothing.
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I'm going to always rise above the doubt that may exist about me.
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Now, I guess, people want stars. People are trying to invent stars.
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In high school, I loved history. I also loved cosmography, algebra. Mexico is so rich in culture and history, and I have always enjoyed that.
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We have seen the damage already caused to the music industry and we have to continue to make the public and government bodies globally aware of the damage that will happen if DVD piracy is not brought under control.
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When you're working with music that is invariably better than you are, it's difficult to become swell-headed.
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Time had a way of moulding people into shapes they themselves no longer recognised.
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It is better to make a piece of music than to perform one, better to perform one than to listen to one, better to listen to one than to misuse it as a means of distraction, entertainment, or acquisition of 'culture.'
