Aaron Copland Quotes
I hope my recordings of my own works won't inhibit other people's performances. The brutal fact is that one doesn't always get the exact tempo one wants, although one improves with experience.
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I realized pretty soon that I have to do more than just play bass in the background way. So, I developed a kind of playing which only a handful of musicians accepted.
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In the future, I want to have super-fights.
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Medicine, anything academic, is a very Persian Iranian route to take in life, in one's career.
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What I'm still grappling with and learning how to do is to be looking and thinking cinematically, having come from television.
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He who gives love, receives love.
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I never try to follow a trend or fashion.
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Leeks, like other oniony things, reach a certain peak when fried. It's the subtle sweetness that suddenly becomes evident and works so well with their creamy texture.
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ISIS is at war with America, but America is not at war with ISIS - not the president, nor the Congress, and certainly not the American people.
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If you be faithful, you will have that honor that comes from God: his Spirit will say in your hearts, Well done, good and faithful servants.
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I'm not such a nuisance to the world, and the kick I get out of living can, I suppose, justify the impositions I make on it. But when life isn't so fun, well, then I start to wonder. What's the point of going on if it's just trouble for us both? My friends will miss me, I am told.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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Circle are praised, not that abound, In largeness, but the exactly round.
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Every story makes a promise to the reader. Actually, two promises, one emotional and one intellectual, since the function of stories is to make us both feel and think.
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What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.
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Everybody just told me from the day I went into high school that I looked like Carol Burnett.
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The money was going to come and go, between a wife and the IRS. The thrill of beating the best field in golf is what will always stay with me.
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I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in the world it would be to be free of ambition.
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If everyone's ready for a shot to start, except for one actor who's intent on getting to the bottom of their soul, it can be a bit annoying.
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Once a person has all the things they need to live, everything else is entertainment.
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People respond to a guy who is trapped and succeeds on some level and fails on another.
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My feet have been my best friend for the last 40 years. I've just been a dancing fool on stage, and after awhile you just kind of wear them out.
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I'm trying to encourage more women to be themselves, rather than what men want them to be. I don't believe in patronizing either sex.
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I don't go to record stores to look at my albums, but it's always a thrill to see them.
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I hope my recordings of my own works won't inhibit other people's performances. The brutal fact is that one doesn't always get the exact tempo one wants, although one improves with experience.
