Paul Hindemith Quotes
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A dog is a pitiful thing, depending wholly on companionship, and utterly lost except in packs or by the side of his master. Leave him alone, and he does not know what to do except bark and howl and trot about till sheer exhaustion forces him to sleep.
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There isn't any amount of money that could tempt me to promote something that I didn't believe in.
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Cinema affects everything, from the way I get dressed to how I build my stages.
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There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.
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If I like a thing, it just sticks after once reading it or hearing it.
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I went to high school in Los Angeles, and I grew up riding horses, so that was kind of my life. I always wanted to act.
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The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.
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PCR made it easier to see that certain people are infected with HIV.
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This is going to sound pretentious and esoteric, but I truly mean it from the bottom of my heart. Acting has always been a spiritual journey for me. The very first project I ever acted on paralleled my experience so perfectly even before I was aware of it.
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I've found that people feel very free to say insulting things, not about me personally, but about the things I believe. It's sad, because I really could care less where people are coming from, politically, religiously.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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Self-doubt is real. Everyone has it. Having confidence and losing confidence is real, too, and everyone has been in that position.
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It was a woman who drove me to drink, and I never had the courtesy to thank her for it.
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I don't believe there is any finer mission on Earth than just to make people laugh.
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Humanity I love you because when you're hard up you pawn your intelligence to buy a drink.
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Actually, I'm 5-8 and change without shoes. With shoes, 5-9.
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I was a total fashion insider who became an outsider when I did bridal.
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All the artists out there, I ask you and beg you: Take over your ship. It's your career. It's your life.
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I had fun coming every day and playing in front of a packed house - it was exciting.
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We must never forget that it is the private sector - not government - that is the engine of economic opportunity. Businesses, particularly small businesses, flourish and can provide good jobs when government acts as a productive partner.
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I know what it's like to be shoveling to pay bills. I know what it's like to not have a job.
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We have ignored cultural literacy in thinking about education We ignore the air we breathe until it is thin or foul. Cultural literacy is the oxygen of social intercourse.
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When I do a film score, I am basically nothing more than a fancy pencil for hire. I don't own any of the music when I am - it belongs to the film company - and likewise, when I am done, even if I come up with something astounding that I may want to revisit... in the world of film composition, you can't do that.
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There are only two things worth aiming for, good music and a clean conscience.
