John Corigliano Quotes
I don't think that the Pulitzer should be given the way it is. I think the competition should be anonymous. I think completely different people would win it if the names were taken off because a lot of it is done on relationships and names.
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If life must not be taken too seriously, then so neither must death.
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I remember when I was 5 living on Pulaski Street in Brooklyn, the hallway of our building had a brass banister and a great sound, a great echo system. I used to sing in the hallway.
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Tyrannies not only want to control your mind and thoughts but your flesh as well.
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I'm thrilled that country music fans like my stuff, but so do a lot of people outside of country music, people who just love music. My goal is more to reach music lovers than to appeal to a genre. I love country music, and I'm proud to represent it, but I don't obsess over it as a category.
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An idea can only be materialized with the help of a medium of expression, the inherent qualities of which must be surely sensed and understood in order to become the carrier of an idea.
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Movies I liked growing up were like Francis Ford Coppolla movies and Scorsese movies.
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No one wants to see a person on TV who's super-ultra-cool. That's Superman, that's a thing of the past. Heroes are now flawed, and have terrible tempers, you know? They're real people.
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Experimenting with different sounds is great, but when it comes down to it, you're still playing a guitar.
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Good God, do you mean to say this place is a club?
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I think Bush has a very selfish, arrogant point of view. I think he is interested in power, I think he believes his truth is the only truth, and that he will do what he wants to do despite the people.
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Be kind. It's worthwhile to make an effort to learn about other people and figure out what you might have in common with them. If you allow yourself to be somewhat curious - and if you get into the habit of doing that - it's the first step to being open minded and realizing that your points of view aren't totally opposite.
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I mean, Tool has a style, but we try to make all our songs sound different from each other.
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Marvel has such a huge slice of the pie.
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After the Soviet Union collapsed, people thought I wasn't funny anymore.
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When I'm at home, I just run all the time, you know; I get up, and I go pretty much four days a week outdoors. I go in the canyons around L.A., Malibu - just around L.A. there's a lot of different spots.
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Private equity helps produce strong companies, promotes innovation and spurs job growth.
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When you catch other people with a sound like yours, that's when you know you did something.
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My best friend is my husband.
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I love to run, and I actually run quite a bit.
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Was a sunny day, not a cloud in the sky. Not a negative word was heard.
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When I found this opportunity to answer the ad, I got the job and I've been there ever since.
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I just felt that 'Golden Balls' was the right thing to do. I didn't care if people thought I was a failure.
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With Washington already broken, the last thing we need is a left-wing version of the Tea Party.
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I don't think that the Pulitzer should be given the way it is. I think the competition should be anonymous. I think completely different people would win it if the names were taken off because a lot of it is done on relationships and names.
