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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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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Sometimes I feel like if I'm not getting people to boo me, then I'm not doing my job right.
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We live in a big world. We are citizens of the world, and we make movies for everybody around the world. I think it's very important to understand what people's life experiences, good and bad, are.
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I accept the media for what they are. Most of them are really good people. Some of them are scumbags.
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Confession has been my habitual homecoming since I was a child. It is a consolation and a joy, and such joy, our faith teaches us, is meant for everyone. It is our vocation to bring it to as many people as possible.
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The shelf life of the average trade book is somewhere between milk and yogurt.
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I don't want people buying my records for this summer's hit. I want people buying them because they're interested in what Ministry will have to say in the future.
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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.
