Richard Strauss Quotes
The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play.
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Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.
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I used to watch movies - silent movies - and stock companies and theater whenever I could.
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I think any time you have a super team, whether it's all men or all women or both, what you have are people with very unique strengths that aren't always totally compatible.
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I don't want to lose what I've won.
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People work hard.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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I went to high school in Stockton, CA.
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If someone says you're a reporter and doesn't want you to anchor then you wonder why you worked so hard at it.
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I live in New York and got a call from my agent saying there was this new role on 'Mad Men,' it might be recurring and they're seeing people tomorrow. I said, 'OK, this is one of those things where you hedge your bets, use your miles and get on a plane.' I flew out Tuesday morning and got the job on a Wednesday.
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Who's not a fan of Don Williams? He's the gentle giant.
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One of Lady Antebellum's first big tours was opening up for Kenny Chesney.
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I am big into water sports and just being out on the water. That is second nature to me, being from Florida.
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'Catcher in the Rye' changed my life when I was a kid. I read it as I was a boy turning into a man, and I was so fascinated by the values. I believe in it.
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I try to begin with a strong grasp of my characters. Even if it's schematic, I need it clear in my head who these people are.
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In an essay, you have the outcome in your pocket before you set out on your journey, and very rarely do you make an intellectual or psychological discovery. But when you write fiction, you don't know where you are going - sometimes down to the last paragraph - and that is the pleasure of it.
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Pop culture or advertising doesn't work perfectly. No one is watching and mindlessly accepting every part of the narrative or ideology.
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I love a nice cooking show. It's as aesthetically pleasing as any other thing that tempts the senses, I suppose.
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'College Road Trip' is colorless. It's not a black film. It's not a white film.
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I don't think that VR is going to lead to humanity being enslaved in the matrix or letting the world crumble around us. I think it's going to end up being a great technology that brings closer people together, that allows for better communication, that reduces a lot of environmental waste that we're currently doing in the real world.
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I look at my people, and I look at those who control them - the political elite. And the sad thing is that the elites are just not interested in the welfare of the people.
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Kafka truly illustrates the way the environment oppresses the individual. He shows how the unconscious controls our lives.
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I hate the amount of communication, the obligation that you have just by owning a phone.
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Life isn't pretty but it sure is beautiful.
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The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play.
