Aaron Copland Quotes

The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?' My answer to that would be, 'No.'

Aaron Copland

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• When foreign assistance has a clear mission, buy-in from the aid-recipient country, and explicit metrics for implementation, the United States will be able to transition aid-recipient nations into strong trading partners. One of the greatest examples of this successful transition is South Korea.

  

  Ted Yoho
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• There must be a goal at every stage of life! There must be a goal!

  

  Maggie Kuhn
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• Experience by itself is not science.

  

  Edmund Husserl
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• I loved the glamour and excitement of the games and, in particular, knowing the names of each and every one of the referees - that's because my mom, a former basketball player, would yell at them from our front-row seats for making bad calls!

  

  Hannah Storm
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• I do small things. I try to do good things every day.

  

  Jackie Chan
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• When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women.

  

  Jack Nicholson
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• It's interesting because I think class is a heavy, heavy part of 'Moonlight,' and I think, in a certain way, through the sum of all these parts, it's become a commentary on the black experience in America.

  

  Barry Jenkins
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• The performances you have in your head are always much better than the performances on stage.

  

  Maggie Smith
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• An ordinary kitten will ask more questions than any five-year-old.

  

  Carl Van Vechten
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• Newspapers are busily experimenting with different models. Traditionally, and I suspect in hindsight very mistakenly, online news was free. And once given free access readers felt it was their entitlement.

  

  Malcolm Turnbull
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• When I left office in 1979, I was about the only one who had really left public office on my own.

  Olusegun Obasanjo
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• To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.

  

  La'Porsha Renae
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• Your focus should be on creating an environment where growth can occur and then letting nature take its course.

  

  Patrick Lencioni
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• I played violin and got into that Suzuki program in the second grade.

  

  Adam Jones
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• Never put a sock in a toaster.

  

  Eddie Izzard
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• On the Internet, everybody has an opinion about everything, but if you're smart, you know when to keep your mouth shut.

  

  Rachel Sklar
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• Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.

  

  Victor Hugo
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• I was trying to be Mary Tyler Moore. I loved her in 'The Dick Van Dyke Show.'

  

  Vicki Lawrence
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• If I was president, I would definitely stop war, put more money toward health insurance and my community. Especially, last but not least, the most important one -education. I just think education comes before anything because in order for you to know about everything, you have to go to school, and you have to learn.

  

  Teyana Taylor
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• I knew that I was gay in every bone of my body. So I did the only thing I could do. I started the movement.

  

  Harry Hay
  • Body
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• Of all the opportunities my priesthood authority affords, there is none grander than the privilege of being in one of our temples and representing the Master in officiating in the marriage of two of His worthy, righteous children.

  

  M. Russell Ballard
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• The music I always liked as a kid was stuff I could bum out to and realize, 'Hey, someone else feels that way, too.' So if someone can do that with my music, it's mission accomplished.

  

  Trent Reznor Nine Inch Nails
  • Music

• The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?' My answer to that would be, 'No.'

  

  Aaron Copland
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