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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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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Success now is waking up in the morning and being comfortable in my own skin. You can go to a job that pays well, but if you're not happy in yourself or if you're not grateful for what you have, it means nothing.
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I know people don't think I work.
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Man's usual routine is to work and to dream and work and dream.
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Obstacles are like wild animals. They are cowards but they will bluff you if they can. If they see you are afraid of them... they are liable to spring upon you; but if you look them squarely in the eye, they will slink out of sight.
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The live concerts are everything and I’m very grateful that most of my career, I’m a live artist, I’ve been doing this. So I’ve traveled quite a lot, played in - I never stopped playing.
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The score is doing a lot of work. It's like Wagner. It's like a yak carrying people.
