Michael Tippett Quotes
Music is a performing art, as any Native American will tell you. It isn't there in the score.
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Women are blessed with energy - a power which is unique. I have been very fortunate to have played strong women and explored their strengths through my films.
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In real life, I am emotionally confused, which enables me to write songs. I'm a Pisces, and they say that Pisces are very sensitive. If men were just honest with themselves, they would see that they all have that side.
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Asked to choose between money and fame, I'd choose the latter every time.
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The so-called skills gap is really a gap in education, and that affects all of us.
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I don't know why, but I respond well to tortured characters.
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The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.
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No actor who's any good can say truthfully to themselves, 'Yeah, I'm good; I've got this sorted.'
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I'm not ashamed of anything that I've done because when I did it, I was passionate about it and I was doing it for a reason.
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I've lived in the Hamptons since 1978, when I first bought my store Barefoot Contessa.
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I usually meditate twice a day: Transcendental Meditation.
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America must be a light to the world, not just a missile.
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In every character that you play... I mean, I don't think I'll ever be the type of actor or performer per se who transforms, you know? Like Claire Danes transforms into Temple Grandin - I'm not gonna do that.
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Schools should be places of learning and joy, not testing and agita.
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Texas deserves a leader who understands that making education a priority creates good jobs for Texans and keeps Texas on top.
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Ironically, xenophobic nationalists are utilizing the benefits of globalization.
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I feel as much of a stud as... I can't come up with a metaphor. That's how lacking in studliness I am.
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A tremendous amount of needless pain and suffering can be eliminated by ensuring that health insurance is universally available.
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You don't need most beauty products. They're an emotional purchase. That's why the conversations are really important. What choice do you have but to ask your customer what they want?
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You have to be a good team, but you have to be lucky and stay away from injuries.
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If you say why not bomb them tomorrow, I say why not today? If you say today at five o' clock, I say why not one o' clock?
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I don't know if I'm a national education figure.
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Well, Mr. Speaker, if so many of these Iraqis are ready to come up and to provide the security, the police work in the country, then surely there should be no problem with putting American forces into the background instead of having them up front.
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You want to be a country that creates food stamps? In which case, frankly, Obama is an enormous success - the most successful food stamp president in American history. Or do you want to be a country that creates jobs?
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Music is a performing art, as any Native American will tell you. It isn't there in the score.
