Aaron Zigman Quotes
When you play competitive tennis you are competing against someone else and you have to win. Playing music I didn't have to win I had to become better within myself.
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Humans are a social species more than any other, and in order to build a community, which for some reason humans have to do in order to live, we have to solve the communication problem. Language is the tool that was invented to solve that problem.
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There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.
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The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.
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In the beginning, I found it hard to give my songs away, but now I've realised it's exciting, and it's only making me better.
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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.
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Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.
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I do not believe in populism. I am not a supporter of radical decisions. Practice has shown that usually these are harmful.
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The whole structure of science gradually grows, but only as it is built upon a firm foundation of past research.
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The militia had the same equipment as the military to protect them against the tyrannical government. It's more important today than ever that we uphold our Second Amendment.
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Not a lot of people know this, but I'm very good at mathematics. When I was an angry teenager, I used to sit in my room and do quadratic equations to calm myself down.
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If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow-citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.
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To me there is no picture so beautiful as smiling, bright-eyed, happy children; no music so sweet as their clear and ringing laughter.
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Once imbued with the idea of a mission, a great nation easily assumes that it has the means as well as the duty to do God's work.
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What entrepreneurs and artists have in common is that they give the world something it didn't know it was missing.
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I believe my woman shouldn't work outside the home.
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'Loving Frank' is about a forbidden love affair between two people who lived a hundred years ago - Frank Lloyd Wright and his married client, Mamah Borthwick Cheney. The affair set off a colossal newspaper scandal when the lovers ran off to Europe together.
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I knew what type of player I was: a free agent, a small kid who came from a small school.
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Let a hundred flowers bloom, let a hundred schools of thought contend.
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See what you have to ask yourself is what kind of person are you? Are you the kind that sees signs, sees miracles? Or do you believe that people just get lucky?
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I've done classical theaters. I played Hamlet myself and Romeo.
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Personal happiness lies in knowing that life is not a checklist of acquisition. Your qualifications are not your life.
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Country music is important to me, and I love it, but it's not my whole life.
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From day one when I first heard Liam's music I knew the potential was massive - that first tape I heard had a serious impact, it was so original. Every tune he has written since then has been a progression, going off at tangents, doing the opposite of what people expect him to.
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When you play competitive tennis you are competing against someone else and you have to win. Playing music I didn't have to win I had to become better within myself.
