Eric Whitacre Quotes
I'm a self-confessed geek, and my whole concept of music at first was entirely electronic. In many ways, it turned out to be an advantage. I was so green, so utterly naive about the nature of classical music, that I did things that made me look totally, deliberately unorthodox.
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I can't help but care about the rights of the people I used to shower with.
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I try to talk about policy issues intelligently, I try very hard to avoid thought bubbles. I make sure my speeches are well researched and footnoted. I make sure I am not talking through my hat.
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I've always made sequels, even when I was making Super 8 movies if the audience liked it.
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To most boys with growing limbs and swelling sinews, physical activity is a natural instinct, and there is no need to drive them into the football field or the fives court: they go there because they like it, and there is no need to make games compulsory for them.
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I really enjoy dancing. When there's music around, I can't help it; I start dancing, especially when I'm with friends.
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When you can throw 97 miles an hour and put the ball over the plate anytime you want, it's fun.
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What inspired me to become an author? I think it was the snow in New York. I looked out the window and I said, 'Well, I have to get dressed every morning to go to teach, but if I write a book, I can stay home in my bathrobe, eat candy corn.'
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The deadpan brilliance of John McCrea has been underrepresented in music since 2004, when Cake served up 'Pressure Chief.'
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When I read the 'Country Strong' script, I thought, 'Can't they just hand-double it? Can't I just do the rest of the movie and not have to do the performing?' It took me six months to learn to sing and play guitar at the same time.
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Many times, when you do what I do or work in journalism in general, people try to not explicitly present their opinions on topics.
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If you are in a relationship, it has to be a good one. If it isn't, it's best to just leave it.
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I was a huge fan of comedy in high school.
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I love my career right now, and I won't be with anybody until they make my life as satisfying and as happy as my work makes me.
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When I interview celebrities, I always try to throw them off balance. My favorite is to ask 'em about crazy sex stuff like donkey punches and Monroe transfers. Works every time.
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A potential person is not a person, any more than an acorn is an oak tree. I don't think women should have to give birth just because a sperm met an egg.
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Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
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Music is my balance... center of my life.
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I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.
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Apple was selling $400 iPods with $1 earbuds. They're making a beautiful white object with all the music in the world in it... I'm going to make a beautiful black object that will play it back.
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We often think of prayer as a means to an end. Prayer is the goal.
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I am so happy that every generation still tunes into most of the classic and cult films I was lucky to be a part of.
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I had a really honest conversation with my husband about equal pay because we met on a movie where he was paid more than me just because of gender.
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I'm a self-confessed geek, and my whole concept of music at first was entirely electronic. In many ways, it turned out to be an advantage. I was so green, so utterly naive about the nature of classical music, that I did things that made me look totally, deliberately unorthodox.
