Richard Rodgers Quotes
If a composer is to reach his audience emotionally - and surely that's what theatre music is all about - he must reach the people through sounds they can relate to.
Quotes to Explore
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Fashion and interior design are one and the same.
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I'm a huge fan of 'Heart On My Sleeve' - I think it has a 'Take That' feel to it! John Shanks and James Morrison wrote the track, and we spoke to Sony and asked if we could reference a 'Greatest Day'/'Rule The World' sound to make that epic ballad. I think it does the job.
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I worry about whether SBA programs are still doing what they are meant to do - support lenders who fund good business startups and good expansion plans.
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I don't see myself as ever being like anybody else.
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My neighbors think I do nothing because I don't go to a job, which is fine and good.
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I'm a big handbag lover and will always have one with me.
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I love the outdoors. I love climbing mountains.
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The thing about being a mystery writer, what marks a mystery writer out from a chick lit author or historical fiction writer, is that you always find a mystery in every situation.
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Do you want to tear your life apart and get rid of everything you've known as a lifestyle? Like seeing your family? Being with your friends? A fishing trip? A hunting trip? A night's sleep?
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America thrives on identity politics, left and right. But France is opposed to the idea. Since the Revolution, the French have enthroned the idea of universalism. All of us must be equal before the law as abstract individuals, and that extends to the arts.
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In China, you have to have a strong leader for a business to get anything done.
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We live on a planet that is amazing, beautiful, and full of wonder but not protected from powerful destructive forces of nature. We are capable of doing wonderful and selfless things but also self-absorbed and harmful things. This is the world we live in.
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Hebrew is my first language, so it's really the most personal and the most simple. When I write in Hebrew, I don't look for sophistication in music; it's just pure emotion that comes out.
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We are women. We are a subject people who have inherited an alien culture.
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I have been married for 58 years to the same woman. Our secret? Separate bathrooms.
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Nothing that comes from the deep, passional soul is bad, or can be bad.
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Social media is simply a tool that facilitates actions.
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The goal was always to do something that felt human but was 100 percent electronic.
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Yes, writing is essential to me. It's my way of living in the world.
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I don't understand computers. I've been unable to construct a working mental model of how they do what they do. I can break software by looking at it. I can blow anything up. Without trying. It's sort of like being a dowser. And this extreme elaborate clumsiness on my part is actually something people will pay me for. It's quite wonderful.
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It's taken me time to find my feet in L.A.
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I found myself getting more publicly shy when the gala events and big crowds started. Some people embrace it. To me, it's not worth enough to risk my private life being public.
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A lot of times people look at the negative side of what they feel they can't do. I always look on the positive side of what I can do.
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If a composer is to reach his audience emotionally - and surely that's what theatre music is all about - he must reach the people through sounds they can relate to.
