Morton Gould Quotes
I’ve always felt that music should be a normal part of the experience that surrounds people.
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I think as women, the smarter and more powerful we are, the more it can be threatening and alienating to other people, more than with men. That's something we need to support each other with.
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I'm attracted to playing people who aren't necessarily straightforward.
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People will ask, 'Are you famous?' And I always answer, 'My mother thinks so.'
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Music is really something that makes people whole.
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I used to tell people if they looked at a map, it was right in the middle of the United States. But now everybody knows Oklahoma because of the Thunder and their success. I don't know if I'll get 'Why?' anymore.
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My friends and the people I know understand that I'm going to ask them what they're doing, how they're dating, who they're dating, where they're going and what they're doing. I'm constantly asking those questions and making sure I'm in touch with the customer.
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As taxpayers, we pay our elected officials to serve the people and protect our state and our interests.
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People complain that cities don't have fresh, sustainable food, but it's just not true.
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Every single person has the power to change the world and help people.
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People can be only divided into good or bad; their race, religion, nationality don't matter.
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May the conscience and the common sense of the peoples be awakened, so that we may reach a new stage in the life of nations, where people will look back on war as an incomprehensible aberration of their forefathers!
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I thought I was benefiting the Indians as well as the government, by taking them all over the United States, and giving them a correct idea of the customs, life, etc., of the pale faces, so that when they returned to their people they could make known all they had seen.
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They transfer the prison, and all of a sudden all this money cuts loose, all these people cut loose.
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We've got people, our friends and neighbors, who are losing their jobs, factories being closed. We have to get America moving again.
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Performing in the theater is a very ethereal profession because you do it once and it goes out into the ether and it goes into people's minds and that's the only place that it ever exists. And it never exists truly; it only exists in the way that people think they remember it. But it's a really powerful way to tell a story and to pass something on.
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I used to sing in the church choir. People would say it was unusual for such a small girl to have such a big voice. They would say, 'She sounds like she's grown.'
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White people get nervous and speed things up. You don't have to be in a hurry because you ain't got nothing to gain and you ain't got nothin' to lose. And that's where the groove lies.
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There was a time where I knew I was as funny as many dudes, but I had people telling me, 'You have to wear a dress onstage. You need to be more feminine.'
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As a member of Congress, I'm often reminded that in baseball, as in diplomacy, you have to know when to hit, when to run, and when to show grace.
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When you put an album out, you can't do any material from the album if people are paying to see you.
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Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?
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I feel immensely blessed - not just that I'm working, but that I'm working on projects that I really care about and like. I've always been that way.
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I’ve always felt that music should be a normal part of the experience that surrounds people.
