George Crumb Quotes
The retrospective glance is a relatively easy gesture for us to make.
George Crumb
Quotes to Explore
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I think any time people behave in a way that's truly them, then they'll never fail. You get in trouble when you try to copy others.
Gabrielle Reece
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I don't think humor is forced upon my universe; it's a part of it.
Manuel Puig
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To properly prepare to receive personal revelation, we must repent, ask through prayer, be obedient, search the scriptures, fast, think pure thoughts, and develop a spirit of reverence.
L. Lionel Kendrick
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Energy is so important. If you don't have it, don't bother with rock and roll.
Yoko Ono
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When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul.
Langston Hughes
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I like radio because you can do an hour-long interview and then three days later have a finished piece.
Daniel Alarcon
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It turns out, by the way, that oil rigs today generally don't cause spills. They are technologically very advanced.
Barack Obama
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We have an alliance that was forged more than a half century ago, and strengthened by shared interests and democratic values. Our people share ties of family, ties of culture, and ties of commerce. Our troops have served to protect Japan’s shores, and our citizens have found opportunity and friendship in Japan’s cities and towns.
Barack Obama
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The most marvelous experience of life is to transform life according to reality, not imagination.
Vernon Howard
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... There's a joy, To the fond votaries of fame unknown, To hear the still small voice of conscience speak In whisp'ring plaudit to the silent soul.
Hannah More
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From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war.
Emma Alice Margaret Asquith
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Nous désirons passionnément qu'il y ait une autre vie où nous serions pareils à ce que nous sommes ici-bas. Mais nous ne réfléchissons pas que, même sans attendre cette autre vie, dans celle-ci, au bout de quelques années, nous sommes infidèles à ce que nous avons été, à ce que nous voulions rester immortellement.
Marcel Proust
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I think beta males on an evolutionary basis are much more successful than the alpha males are. You don't hear much about us, but there's a lot more of us out there.
Christopher Moore
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Starting at age four, my mom decided that she was not going to have an idle child in the house. So I started taking dance lessons on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and then I was in acting classes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and I was also modeling on Saturdays. And that was my childhood.
Chandra Wilson
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For 200 years, the dominant powers have also been the colonial powers: the European countries, the U.S. and Japan. They have never been required to pay their dues for what they did to those whom they possessed and treated with contempt.
Martin Jacques
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For infrastructure technology, C will be hard to displace.
Dennis Ritchie
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I had a vague idea of the song's impact in the '60s, but that was tempered by the hate mail and threats I was receiving. It was only about ten years ago, when I finally put it back in my show because so many people were asking for it, that I understood 'Society's Child' real impact.
Janis Ian
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The retrospective glance is a relatively easy gesture for us to make.
George Crumb
