Miroslav Vitous Quotes
I continued studying by myself in the field of jazz with my own technique of improvisation, walking bass lines, rhythms, all kinds of stuff, which I created for myself.
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I would love it if people could look at chubby folks with all of our curves, bumps and ridges and just say 'She's beautiful' just like that. You don't have to get on a treadmill as long as your blood pressure is under control and you eat healthy, God bless.
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My parents were very supportive of me and my artistic endeavours. My father and mother came to every school play I ever did.
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I feel empathy for people who are trapped in a prison of self-consciousness in an uncomfortable way. We can be free, but we're so held back. So perhaps that's why I feel a duty to make my work. I feel liberated when I'm doing it, and I want other people to feel liberated through it.
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Track and field is the best way to reach out for kids. It doesn't matter how fast you are. You always want to beat someone.
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I would rather be lying in a bed than changing one.
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We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.
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Every writer dreams of having a backyard cottage, similar to Dahl's 'writing hut.' English cottages and charming huts might seem out of reach, but a good carpenter could build a modest cottage on the cheap.
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Neil Young is the prime example, the grand goal, if you will. He's still shredding, and he never lost his credibility.
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I am very aware that playwrights, particularly good ones, have a intention for everything they write. Language and punctuation is used specifically, and most of the time actors can find wonderful clues about character in the rhythm and cadence of the language used.
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Extremely strong, effective, tenacious, and powerful political networks can be built when you fight losing battles as well as when you win.
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Perl will always provide the null.
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I look in your eyes I realize what you've sold meis love in a vacuum. Love in a vacuum.
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I love to prove people wrong. They expect I'll sound a certain way when they see me, then they hear me and they can't believe it. I love that.
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When you are on assignment, you stick to the facts, limit your vision, and often cut out the most revealing material. There is no texture, no shades of gray. In fiction, you can bring the reader on the perilous journey with your characters as they discover that war is more like a wilderness of mirrors, full of danger and uncertainty.
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I was kind of freaked out by the art world in the 1980s. Just the money thing. All the competition over artists.
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The biggest thing I've learned is that it's not about me. All of the things that I do have to be about bringing service to the world and helping people shift their perception.
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My favorite period is World War II, and I'm in the middle of writing my fourth novel set in that era.
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I became paranoid for a long time: I thought that people were out to harm me.
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My friends have always called me 'Mr. Thorough,' in that when I get into something, I become obsessed with it.
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Kylie Minogue is the greatest thing that has happened to Australian music.
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Post-traumatic stress disorder didn't surface as a condition until 1980... that fact was very relevant when I remember back to how these men behaved. A lot of walking on eggshells was required for wives and children.
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It’s like walking through someone’s small intestine.
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I think improvisation is really crucial in terms of making things feel real and authentic.
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I continued studying by myself in the field of jazz with my own technique of improvisation, walking bass lines, rhythms, all kinds of stuff, which I created for myself.
