William Bolcom Quotes
There's got to be something that you can do that will not just be a nice honor to the play, or the book, or the movie you're dealing with, but some aspect that maybe can explore something that the play couldn't do.William Bolcom
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The more I compose, the more I know that I don't know it all. I think it's a good way to start. If you think you know it all, the work becomes a repetition of what you've already done. I try to make sure that I don't repeat my music.
A. R. Rahman -
The American people need to tell their member of Congress that we need a strong defense to protect us and to prevent wars. We can't get away with simply leading from behind and gutting our defenses.
Oliver North -
I don't want people to know what I'm actually like. It's not good for an actor.
Jack Nicholson -
If you look at all the vampires in the past, they were sort of decrepit old men. Stephanie Meyers just made it for a new audience. All the vampires are now young men and she describes them as not being ugly.
Daniel Cudmore -
William Shatner has one style. We have completely contrasting personalities. We're very good friends. I adore him, but we're very different people, so they were smart enough to write characters that reflected that.
Patrick Stewart -
I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
Yusef Komunyakaa
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You like the style of the people you like because it reflects something inside them.
Tavi Gevinson -
I rarely think about myself that much. I really don't.
Nancy Reagan -
I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
Jack Nicholson -
I hate when a guy brags... or he sweats.
Paris Hilton -
I'm kind of embarrassed by how quickly I adjusted to L.A. I really love it. It's so pleasant.
Ed Helms -
I'll talk about these things, but it's just, you know, you only get so much time and I'm much more interested in what I'm going to be doing next year than in something I did 10 years ago.
Walter Hill
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Coffee shops are everywhere, especially in Los Angeles, chock full of sad sacks desperate to make sure their screenplays make it into the right hands... or any hands, for that matter. The one thing that makes a coffee shop truly great, though, is charm.
Nate Corddry -
Starting that union was something I believed in very strongly.
Ted Lindsay -
I haven't had that many weird encounters with fans, thank God.
Vin Diesel -
If you're biking more and walking more, you're going to be happier and healthier. And you'll probably feel better if you take out less garbage, as most of us feel pretty crappy about that. But I don't think we can mistake those acts for doing what it takes to address a crisis at a global level.
Naomi Klein -
You do a show to be a hit and hopefully run a couple of years.
Harold Prince -
We're under some gross misconception that we're a good species, going somewhere important, and that at the last minute we'll correct our errors and God will smile on us. It's delusion.
Farley Mowat
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In cyberspace, the Wikipedians never stop gathering: It's a continuous round-the-clock rolling workfest.
James Gleick -
If you are somebody who has a disease, you are not complaining when someone starts to do work for you. That is your hope.
Anne Wojcicki -
I enjoy comedy and drama. A nice balance of both is great.
Chris Owen -
Too many children and adults go hungry every day.
Andrew Zimmern -
Jimi Hendrix is a classic example of a player in which everything he did, it was all in his hands.
Joe Bonamassa Black Country Communion -
There's got to be something that you can do that will not just be a nice honor to the play, or the book, or the movie you're dealing with, but some aspect that maybe can explore something that the play couldn't do.
William Bolcom