Alan Menken Quotes
Having a tradition is a great thing to work within, and maybe today it is the only way to really land musically dramatic work.
Quotes to Explore
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Somebody was asking me the other day - President Bush is now talking about freedom for the Arab world. I say, well, that's great. I was talking about that fifty years ago.
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Iowa has sent notice that the Republican nominee for the next president of the United States will not be chosen by the media. Will not be chosen by the Washington establishment. Will not be chosen by the lobbyists. But will be chosen by the most incredible powerful force, where all sovereignty resides in our nation by we the people.
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Well, I always say the law was meant to be interpreted in a lenient manner. And that's what I try to do, is sometimes I lean to one side of it, sometimes I lean to the other.
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I studied chord theory and started playing the piano.
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But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented.
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I am Patrick, a sinner, most uncultivated and least of all the faithful and despised in the eyes of many.
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I find the whole disdain for ageing crazy.
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When people say 'marriage' to me... It's always a means to an end. Everyone's so in a rush to define the relationship.
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My brother is really, really slow.
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I gambled and I lost. I failed in securing my options for this choice for myself, but I succeeded in verifying the Dark Age is still with us.
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Global actions require local and national participation. International cooperation and action requires community perspectives and legitimacy if it is to be effective.
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If acting doesn't work out, I'm probably going to be a professional chef.
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Eartha Mae is very shy. She's scared to be seen, scared of rejection and even afraid of affection. Relationships can be rather uncomfortable for her. But, as Eartha Kitt, it's fine. I can accept and reject any time I want to. Do I ever reject? Not really. Although people think I do!
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I'm basically for the whole year just traveling with three suitcases.
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You tend to compose things more in the middle of frame in 3-D than you would in a conventional frame. You can really see composition in 2-D but in 3-D your composition is much more complex. Everything has to be artificially enhanced. But you do gain something else with 3-D: you have a sense of space and heightened reality.
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It's important to remember that innovators in business don't always get a platform.
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Don't gamble the future of your children and Malaysia; think and contemplate because your vote will determine not only the future of the country but also your grandchildren.
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East is East, and West is San Francisco, according to Californians. Californians are a race of people; they are not merely inhabitants of a State.
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And bitter waxed the fray; Brother with brother spake no word When they met in the way.
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Even when I'm in quite a happy state of mind, I like writing really sad songs. I think a lot of people do.
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Instead of critics reviewing my movies, now what they're really doing is trying to match wits with me. Every time they review my movies, it's like they want to play chess with the mastermind and show off every reference they can find, even when half of it is all of their own making.
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You should try and fail and not be afraid. Get up again.
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You have dreamed of setting the world ablaze, and you have not even managed to communicate your fire to words, to light up a single one!
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Having a tradition is a great thing to work within, and maybe today it is the only way to really land musically dramatic work.
