Aaron Copland Quotes
To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.
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I know what to do and I go and execute.
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I was probably never going to get to do the kind of things dramatically that I really wanted to do, so I returned to theater from time to time, and to write, and produce. It's by no means sour grapes.
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I'm twitchy. I think I've got ADD. I find it hard to sit down. I need to be constantly challenged; otherwise, I get very... well, I guess 'bored' is the word.
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I have always believed that one should not be scared of losing, I think that really is the key.
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I would be a fool to put my feet down in a position where I can't accommodate metamorphoses.
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Corruption is in society and in every strata of society.
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Having been governor of New Mexico, I know that legislation gets passed to benefit those who have money and influence. Then they buy more money and influence. That's one reason why, as governor, I vetoed more than 750 bills and thousands of line items. I did it to keep crony capitalism away from government.
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I have so much music inside me I'm just trying to stay afloat. I don't tend to write for a particular band - you have to just write the songs and then let God into the room and let the music tell you what to do.
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Bombino's a super modest guy, very nice. His whole crew is a bunch of characters and he's definitely the Grand Poobah. I don't think the other guys are that much younger than him, but he definitely feels like the wise man; you just sort of get that sense when you're around him. He doesn't say that much but he's humble and well-respected.
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At any Maroon 5 concert, you'll see a room backstage marked 'yoga.'
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I had never really felt settled in Brooklyn. I think it had to do with growing up in New Jersey and being someone who her whole life wanted to live in the city, and the city meant Manhattan.
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Watching game film motivates me a lot. It shows me what I need to work on and determines the specific workouts I do.
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My retiring days are behind me – they're going to have to throw me out now.
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When you're young and you're in love and it doesn't work out - it hurts.
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In the midst of the pain and panic of the Great Depression, as many as 2 million people of Mexican descent were expelled from the United States.
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I tend to not watch things that are current. And then if everybody swears it's amazing then I'll like watch the whole series in a weekend.
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I like chords that are very lush with all the lush parts taken out.
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As long as we set up equality, we'll go in the right direction.
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I celebrate masculinity when I'm onstage.
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When our bodies are violated by this horrible disease of cancer, we're in total shock because it's so unexpected.
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Two weeks, maybe three. You never know with psychosomatic injuries You have to take your time with them.
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I can't wait to start something up myself that is actually about giving unsigned bands the exposure they deserve, especially when they travel so far to play the smallest gig they've ever played in their lives.
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come back believer in shade believer in silence and elegance believer in ferns believer in patience believer in the rain
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To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.
