Nico Muhly Quotes
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As a musician myself, it annoys the hell out of me to watch an actor trying to play a guitar out of time with the music.
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A dinner invitation, once accepted, is a sacred obligation. If you die before the dinner takes place, your executor must attend.
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I don't understand people who dream in black and white. I just don't get it. My dreams have always been vivid color.
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I believe that blues and jazz are the two uniquely American contributions into music.
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I introduced the Food Security Improvement Act in Congress to remedy the fact that most SNAP beneficiaries find themselves skipping meals or running out of benefits every month.
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My notion of a wife at 40 is that a man should be able to change her, like a bank note, for two 20s.
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So, for me the town hall meetings are really an opportunity to engage in two-way dialogue with people, and they've been very helpful.
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I really would like to be involved in things and to understand things, and in some ways you've got to be careful what you wish for because I feel very, very blessed to have such an interesting life and to be able to have little snapshots of lives of people from many different parts of the world.
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If I need something, even a pair of socks, my assistant has to get them for me.
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I'm not a drunk anymore, but since they cut out my tongue, I sound drunk.
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It's common in rural Ireland to pick up a nickname that relates to an animal, bird, or a spider. Mine became 'scorpion' because I fought back, and scorpions are docile creatures until pushed too far.
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The name Jack was given by an American tourist.
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It is hard to convince a high-school student that he will encounter a lot of problems more difficult than those of algebra and geometry.
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It will take a long time, and certainly the West will remain the dominant civilization well into the next century, but the decline is occurring.
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Madonna did amazing songs. She had an amazing sense of style, without a stylist. And she was flawed, and sometimes she admitted it. I'll fight the fight for Madonna. I think she should send me some chocolates or something to thank me.
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We need to make more original movies, and audiences would do well to support original movies for the future of the medium.
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China's movie industry is growing a lot faster than that of the U.S.
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I haven't any strength, I haven't any character, I'm a born tool. I haven't any destiny. All I have is dreams. And now other people run them.
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One lives but once in the world.
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I want to nominate a man who's cool on the outside, but who burns for America on the inside.
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Liverpool is a massive club in reputation, but as soon as I came here, it felt like Atletico to me. It is a working city, an honest city. The people work all week, and on Saturday they want to go to Anfield and watch the best team in the world.
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My emergence has been slow and steady, I would say. I think I've improved every single year. I keep getting better; I keep getting fitter, sharper - and I'm not stopping.
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Sometimes I get more excited for shows that I know are going to be quieter because it gets me more inspired to be more of a showman and be more of an entertainer and forces me to work harder.
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The score is doing a lot of work. It's like Wagner. It's like a yak carrying people.
