August Bournonville Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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One of the things Kuhn said about normal science is that people 'expect' things to be discovered.
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A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
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A mass of dust, world's momentary slave, Is man, in state of our old Adam made, Soon born to die, soon flourishing to fade.
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It's an honor to live in and serve the great City of Los Angeles. I'm also immensely grateful for the support I've received from Ireland.
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Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
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One of the things that I was always, and still am, is quite resourceful.
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The greatest benefit of being a solo performer is that it is seriously frightening, but at the same time very empowering. It's just you and the audience. All the weight is on you to deliver the songs.
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The psychological trauma of losing a job can be as great as the trauma of a divorce.
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I'm not a publicity hound, I hope.
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The culture is eating nature; it's overpowering storytelling. Movies are turning into games - it's abut the image, not nuance.
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If there is one quality that I find is more essential to a successful and happy life than any other, it is empathy. It is at the core of family stability and love. I’ve never had a couple come to me and say, 'I want a divorce; my partner understands me.'
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Live as on a mountain. ...Let men see, let them know a real man who lives according to nature. If they cannot endure him, let them kill him. For that is better than to live thus.
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Einstein said that 'the most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious.' So why do so many of us try to explain the beauty of music, thus depriving it of its mystery?
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I can't cut out a piece of cloth and make a lovely dress, but I can mend tears in shirts and sew on buttons.
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I don't think I ever sit there and think to kick a wound harder.
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Some people are surprised that the Republicans are waging a war on women, or that they voted against equal pay for women. I'm not surprised at all. In some ways, it may be a good thing. They're defending the patriarchy, which is a wounded beast! And wounded beasts are always dangerous.
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When it grows dark, we always need someone. This thought, the product of anxiety, only comes to me in the evenings, just when I'm about to end my writerly explorations.
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But from my grave across my brow. Plays no wind of healing now,. And fire and ice within me fight. Beneath the suffocating night.
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I once came back from a book tour where sleek black cars driven by nice men in black suits waited for me at every hotel, took me to every signing, brought me back, opened car doors for me. They were great. I was great. It was a wonderful tour.
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In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh paper lies on my desk waiting for the next book. I am a writer and I take up my pen to write.
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The Dance is an art because it demands vocation, knowledge, and ability.
