Ernest Newman Quotes

The greatest composer does not sit down to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.

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• If you have a block of ballistics gelatin and a high-speed camera, pretty soon somebody gets a gun!

  

  Nathan Myhrvold
  • High
  • Pretty
  • You

• The psychology of women hitherto actually represents a deposit of the desires and disappointments of men.

  

  Karen Horney
  • Men
  • Women
  • Psychology

• Culture is a way of coping with the world by defining it in detail.

  

  Malcolm Bradbury
  • World
  • Culture
  • Detail

• 'Srimanthudu' was very important for me and my career at that time, so I was tensed. But for 'Brahmotsavam,' honestly speaking, I am more excited because of its content. I have attempted something new, and I am keen to see how the audience receives it.

  

  Mahesh Babu
  • Time
  • Important
  • Career

• I was born Roman, and I'll die Roman. I'll never leave this team or my city.

  

  Francesco Totti
  • Team
  • Die
  • City

• Well, I'm not a critic, I'm just a worker. So, I'm always grateful for anything the critics say - good or bad.

  

  Mandy Patinkin
  • Good
  • Bad
  • Grateful

• My father was my hero, and he died when I was 11. So, I really never experienced the kind of natural teenage rebellion or the anger at him. I never experienced those feelings as a young person.

  

  Nathaniel Kahn
  • Father
  • Hero
  • Anger

• I'm not a boastful person. I like my actions to speak for me.

  

  Daniel A. D'Aniello
  • Person
  • Speak
  • Actions

• It is never too late to get into tennis! While I started playing at the age of 8 when my parents gave me a tennis racquet for Christmas, tennis is a lifelong sport that can be enjoyed by people of almost any age. It's also something you never forget once you learn.

  

  Samantha Stosur
  • People
  • Age
  • Parents

• The best thing I've done with my money is buy a house for my family. You wake up to a house you love and you feel like somebody.

  

  Ice Cube
  • Family
  • Best
  • Like

• Life is easy to chronicle, but bewildering to practice.

  

  E. M. Forster
  • Life
  • Practice
  • Easy

• The inherent purpose of American government is let people seek their own goals and to encourage them to be responsible on the various adventures they have on their way to those goals, good, bad, and otherwise.

  

  P. J. O'Rourke
  • People
  • Good
  • American

• Having a purpose and knowing exactly what your values are will add additional years to your life.

  

  Dan Buettner
  • Life
  • Purpose
  • Values

• America should function as a Christian nation.

  

  Randall Terry
  • America
  • Christian
  • Nation

• I love Twitter. As an entertainer, it's a way to connect with the fans, and I think that's important.

  

  Lance Gross
  • Important
  • Think
  • Way

• Just because one happens to be wealthy, it doesn't mean you are naturally any good at building an investment operation that is world-class or successful.

  

  J. B. Pritzker
  • World
  • Good
  • Successful

• I know some people are like, 'I'm depressed, and I'm a struggling artist,' and that really works for some people, but that doesn't work for me. I have to be really happy, even when I'm writing my depressing songs; I have to come through that stage before I can write.

  

  Charli XCX
  • People
  • Work
  • Writing

• There are guys on different teams across the league who are bench guys, and guys who that - that's their role, to be on the bench encouraging guys to play hard and get good minutes.

  

  Blake Griffin
  • Good
  • Different
  • Encouraging

• If adventure has a final and all-embracing motive, it is surely this: we go out because it is our nature to go out, to climb mountains, and to paddle rivers, to fly to the planets and plunge into the depths of the oceans... When man ceases to do these things, he is no longer man.

  

  Wilfrid Noyce
  • Nature
  • Adventure
  • Mountains

• The more transparent you are about, you know, the not so happy times, or the happy times, or the things that you're embarrassed or ashamed of or proud of, it's all in Kicker, and all in my music. I'm just inspired by life in general and what it's bringing to me.

  

  Zella Day
  • Life
  • Music
  • Happy

• I don't want to be an actor, but why not take these opportunities when they come to you? I'm not killing myself auditioning, chasing that dream.

  

  Adam Levine Maroon 5
  • Why
  • Dream
  • Myself

• Food can become such a point of anxiety - not because it's food, but just because you have anxiety. That's how eating disorders develop.

  

  Vanessa Carlton
  • Food
  • Anxiety
  • Eating

• The greatest composer does not sit down to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.

  

  Ernest Newman
  • Inspired
  • Working
  • Composer