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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But if you want to be in a band and write music, then you should just be in a band and write music.
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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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I had a very modest upbringing.
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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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People, me included, have a truly emotional thing about this iPad.
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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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I follow the director's lead because they generally know more about the big picture, but I also trust that the director will give me enough freedom to play.
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America must be a light to the world, not just a missile.
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I think I could be a cook. Everybody always says I'm good, though I think it's quite gruelling as a profession.
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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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This will require a review of our policy toward Pakistan, more guarantees to it, more arms aid, and, alas, a decision that our security policy toward Pakistan cannot be dictated by our non-proliferation policy.
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Animals tell us something. If the animals have suffered this way from GMOs, potentially for us, let’s listen to what they’re telling us. Let’s take heed.
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There have been more books alone written about Hamlet than have been written about the Bible.
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If we're going to get this country out of its current energy situation, we can't just conserve our way out; we can't just drill our way out; we can't bomb our way out. We're going to do it the old-fashioned American way, we're going to invent our way out, working together.
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We can't afford to sacrifice another generation of American children to bureaucratic politics. We've got to get it done. The future, the health, the life - our nation depends on it and it's just foolish to think or act otherwise.
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Music is a performing art, as any Native American will tell you. It isn't there in the score.
