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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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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When light engages the heart, it causes an illumination of the path, a purification of the consciousness, an enlightenment of the intellect and an establishment of the foundations of dhikr and shukr and of beautiful worship.
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I just think it's sad that the main places in our culture that we designate to meet new people are bars and nightclubs.
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I'm bringing booty back Go ahead and tell them skinny bitches hey
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Precepts are like seeds; they are little things which do much good; if the mind which receives them has a disposition, it must not be doubted that his part contributes to the generation, and adds much to that which has been collected.
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When you're a little weird, you aspire to be normal; when you're very weird, you aspire to be recognized for it.
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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.
