Aaron Copland Quotes
So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.
Quotes to Explore
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I get recognized so much. It happens mostly when I'm in Starbucks.
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I was just a kid, but I was a rotten kid.
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If a political opponent has different approaches than mine, that doesn't make them a bad person. It means they have different backgrounds, experiences, and ideas.
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I've failed those I care most about and let down the people who elected me to represent them.
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I guess becoming an adult and learning how to survive on your own is exciting.
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When I was a kid in Michigan, I used to play ball with a town team on Sunday. Of course, I'd go to church first. Played the church organ, as a matter of fact.
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I'd like to be Queen Elizabeth.
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It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.
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Whenever I have even a spare second, I'm in the kitchen whipping up a batch of cookies. I make a mean batch of chocolate chippers.
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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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Really, I prefer not to read my early books. Not that I don't like them, but I don't recognize myself anymore, like an old actor watching himself as a young leading man.
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It's ironic that the growth of Scottish nationalism has precipitated in the English the sort of hand-wringing the Scots have always done over who they are.
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The only way of knowing a person is to love them without hope.
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Ugh - I wish I could just sit back and watch TV sometimes.
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I started making music with my band in the '80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and I have always carried on this way.
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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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Today is either the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning. Today we are making history.
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I've always wanted to do my best to make sure it's clear that I want to keep the focus on my music.
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I write contemporary rock with Jane's. And I also write house music with people like Kascade.
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I did not want to be the best black man of the year; I wanted to be the best man of the year.
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If you call attention to yourself at the expense of the song, that's the cardinal sin.
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We focus so much on our relationships with other people, and beauty, for me, is about facilitating your relationship with yourself.
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A successful designer must be a gambler.
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So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.
