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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The Constitution in all its provisions looks to an indestructible union disposed of indestructible States.
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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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I love Chicago. It's one of my favorite cities, hands down.
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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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A philosopher once said, 'Half of good philosophy is good grammar.'
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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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The 'war on terror' has created a culture of fear in America.
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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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I think every culture - you can call it an American Ronin, a medieval knight errant, you could talk about 'Shane.' There is an archetype that I think is actually common to a lot of cultures, and even the Clint Eastwood stuff was probably as influenced by the Japanese stuff, and yet done by an Italian.
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I had written a script called 'Freed,' which I had wanted to direct.
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The only thing I know for sure about the creative process is it always comes back. Magically. When there are no creative juices and nothing is coming to me - if I wait - it comes!
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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.
