Terrence Mitchell Riley (Terry Riley) Quotes
Talking about the all night concerts, I did some of the first all night concerts back in the 60's with this little harmonium, and I also had saxophone taped delays.
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What I think I have in common with the school of deconstruction is the mode of negative thinking or negative awareness, in the technical, philosophical sense of the negative, but which comes to me through negative theology.
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Nowadays, with much more racial and ethnic mixing, we are seeing serial killers murdering a variety of victims; whoever comes along will most likely do.
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And we can see the positive impacts right here at Solyndra. Less than a year ago, we were standing on what was an empty lot. But through the Recovery Act, this company received a loan to expand its operations. This new factory is the result of those loans.
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Movies are a commercial medium. We don't make movies to impress our friends and critics. It's an expensive medium. We have to gain money from it.
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Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor.
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Am I grumpy? I might be. But I think maybe sometimes it's misinterpreted.
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The promise of any artwork is that it can hold us - viewer and maker - in a conflicted or contestable space, without real-world injury or loss.
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Who knows the end? What has risen may sink, and what has sunk may rise. Loathsomeness waits and dreams in the deep, and decay spreads over the tottering cities of men.
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Meditation, like masturbation, has until recently been considered a form of self-abuse.
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I write music to both the situations and the lyrics in plays.
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Continue to speak out against all forms of injustice to yourselves and others, and you will set a mighty example for your children and for future generations.
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Just because I keep getting close and don't win these Majors, I must not panic.
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I like a challenge. I get such a sense of satisfaction when I push myself beyond what I thought I could do.
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I doubt if there will ever be another Republican president in my lifetime.
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I really want to play interesting roles, but you want to work, so it's a balancing game.
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There's exceptional work being done on television. Some of our great writers are writing for television. When you have things to choose from, you typically go after the writing - unless you're going after the money. There are fewer opportunities in film to make money with good writing, unless you're an action hero.
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I like the idea of love standing the test of time and circumstances.
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I don't know if I've owned a piece of technology that I hated - I don't think I would have owned it then.
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Somewhere during the 'Next to Normal' Broadway run, I found myself learning more about myself onstage than in real life, and I truly realized the beautiful, tremendous, extraordinary gift that is performing.
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I wouldn't want to be a talk show host. That's another awkward compliment people make. 'You should have your own talk show.' And I think, no thank you.
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I spend like $2 million a year on Chinese food and pizza for ten people in the studio who don't sing or produce.
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With guests who are 'in the middle of the fight,' we're able to hear their point-of-view on the topics, as well as advance our own feelings.
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Taking care of the people who take care of you - that's how I was raised and how I like to do things.
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Talking about the all night concerts, I did some of the first all night concerts back in the 60's with this little harmonium, and I also had saxophone taped delays.
