Modest Mussorgsky (Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky) Quotes
My music must be an artistic reproduction of human speech in all its finest shades. That is, the sounds of human speech, as the external manifestations of thought and feeling must, without exaggeration or violence, become true, accurate music.
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There's more things that I'd like to do. You know, each song is a little bit of a puzzle. I see most of them as just failed attempts.
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I grew up on the edge of a national park in Canada - timberwolves, creeks, snow drifts.
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I'm a writer, not a genre.
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My husband is in charge of all phone, email and texting duties at home. He even has to turn on the TV and air conditioning because I'm so hopeless with technology.
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I think that I've had a very strange life.
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At that moment in time when we feel like the other, we were not the person embraced, not one of the cool kids, not in the club - when you're that person, it makes you feel smaller, and when they persecute you as a result, that's a difficult position to be in.
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Hip-hop is such a disposable art form from a business standpoint. It never treats its artists as art; it never treats its product as art.
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I look back at photographs and I remember at the time I thought I was not very attractive.
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I played my first match aged six. Neither my opponent nor I knew how to score, so our parents had to help us out from the sidelines.
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Poetry is almost like my foundation for everything. I almost feel I am a better actor and writer because of it.
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Morning comes whether you set the alarm or not.
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Our Declaration of Independence was held sacred by all and thought to include all; but now, to aid in making the bondage of the Negro universal and eternal, it is assailed, sneered at, construed, hawked at, and torn, till, if its framers could rise from their graves, they could not at all recognize it.
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It sometimes happens and will sometimes happen again that I forget who I am and strut before my eyes, like a stranger.
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For years, I have been inspired by the inventive and masterful storytelling of the 'SAO' franchise. I'm thrilled to get the opportunity to work with such talented partners to bring this cutting-edge yet timeless story to a new format at Skydance.
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Robert Crumb is an influence on how I draw, but not on the subject matter I take or my approach. One thing I do like about Crumb is that he's chronicled his age, his times, and I think that is what artists should do.
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Women who want to work should be given the choice to do that. If you decide to work even after getting married, then men should allow that to happen.
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Queen Latifah has been a huge part of my career. She has been a huge, huge part of my career since the very beginning.
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I dive as much as I can.
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Growth is a panacea for many ills in society; not entirely, but many.
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I just personally really enjoy having a clean body. I shower twice a day. I just like feeling clean and feeling smooth.
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The chief of staff says I'm the guy.
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Invest in learning and discovering new filmmaking techniques is the next keystone to success. Film is changing rapidly right now. The last big change was the introduction of sound. This time around it is movies on th internet and mobile telephones.
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My music must be an artistic reproduction of human speech in all its finest shades. That is, the sounds of human speech, as the external manifestations of thought and feeling must, without exaggeration or violence, become true, accurate music.
