John Williams Quotes

I always wrote music for my friends, but my focus was on playing piano. I didn't think I'd be quite good enough to be a soloist, but I believed that if I worked hard enough, I could work as a player, a teacher.

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• The want of money is the root of all evil.

  

  Samuel Butler
  • Money
  • Want
  • Evil

• I think, living in the city, it's so easy to forget that you're attached to the earth.

  

  Laura Harrier
  • Earth
  • City
  • Easy

• In the beginning, I didn't dance that much and stuff.

  

  Namie Amuro
  • Beginning
  • Dance
  • Much

• I've really been writing a lot of country songs. I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump & Grind,' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes.

  

  R. Kelly
  • Writing
  • Country
  • Truth

• There are some things that money can't buy: peace of mind, for starters, and lean muscle mass. Neither the Queen of England nor the founder of Microsoft can put in an order for either one.

  

  Victoria Moran
  • Mind
  • Money
  • Peace

• I've had my run in with trouble. Fortunately, you know, one slap on the hand is usually the last time for me... I learned my lesson.

  

  Aaron Carter
  • Time
  • Know
  • Trouble

• I have this extraordinary life during the day, and then I get to come home to my sweet husband who loves to cook with me. I have a nice glass of wine, he has some scotch, we chat, we cook, and we hang out with the dog. I have an absolute dream life.

  

  Rachael Ray
  • Life
  • Home
  • Dream

• People employed in financial institutions are rarely interesting and even more rarely likable.

  

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • People
  • Interesting
  • Financial

• People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us?

  

  Yoko Ono
  • People
  • Like
  • Being

• I just want to show the fans my big smile and play the game that I love.

  

  Yani Tseng
  • Game
  • Play
  • Smile

• Lawmakers misrepresent the facts when they call the manufacturing deduction known as Section 199 - passed by Congress in 2004 to spur domestic job growth - a 'subsidy' for oil and gas firms. The truth is that all U.S. manufacturers, from software producers to filmmakers and coffee roasters, are eligible for this deduction.

  

  Harold Ford, Jr.
  • Job
  • Truth
  • Growth

• One of the real worries I had before the first season of 'Treme' aired was that, man, people in New Orleans really hold movie and television shows up to a high standard in how they depict the city.

  

  Wendell Pierce
  • People
  • Up
  • Real

• I've managed to get some beautiful bags. I have a great collection, and so does my mother. My favourite is a purple one by Gucci, which I take everywhere!

  

  Becki Newton
  • Great
  • Mother
  • Beautiful

• Music is something that should speak for itself, straight from the heart. It took me a long time to understand that.

  

  Damon Albarn Blur
  • Time
  • Music
  • Long

• Find and use your passion, and you'll have a great career. Don't do it, you won't. It's as simple as that.

  

  Larry Smith
  • Great
  • Career
  • Simple

• One of the things I love about jazz music is that intent is first and execution is second. In classical music, execution is first and intent is second, meaning that you must first learn a piece before you can truly add your interpretation to it.

  

  Irvin Mayfield
  • Music
  • Love
  • Execution

• I love to be in front of big galleries.

  

  Natalie Gulbis
  • Big
  • Front
  • Galleries

• I don't like to meddle in my private affairs.

  

  Karl Kraus
  • Like
  • Private
  • Meddle

• It's always fun to agree to be in a movie when you have no idea what it's actually going to be!

  

  T. J. Miller
  • Movie
  • Fun
  • You

• ... there was a part of me that wanted to be liked, and despite all my years of reporting, I never quite adjusted to the role of skunk at the garden party.

  

  Andrea Mitchell
  • Party
  • Garden
  • Wanted

• Gandhi felt fascinated at knowing Christ. He met Christians, and felt let down.

  

  Mother Teresa
  • Christ
  • Felt
  • Fascinated

• Working is a great distraction technique.

  

  Phyllis Logan
  • Great

• We tried war, we tried aggression, we tried intervention. None of it works. Why don't we try peace, as a science of human relations, not as some vague notion - as everyday work.

  

  Dennis Kucinich
  • Work
  • Why
  • War

• I always wrote music for my friends, but my focus was on playing piano. I didn't think I'd be quite good enough to be a soloist, but I believed that if I worked hard enough, I could work as a player, a teacher.

  

  John Williams
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  • Work
  • Music