Carlo Grante Quotes
Bad music is often the result of an attempt by the untrained, something that takes for granted that you're very highly trained.
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I'm a normal girl. I don't go out much, and I don't know what is enjoyment.
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For mothers who must earn, there is indeed no leisure time problem. The long hours of earning are increased by the hours of domestic labor, until no slightest margin for relaxation or change of thought remains.
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We tend to talk about death as if it is losing a battle, but that assumes living is winning and dying is not.
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Every character I've ever played, I always try to take him right to the edge and not allow him to fall over, but directors have a tendency to pull me back a little bit.
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I do not want to be a long-term CEO.
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Black women, whose experience is unique, are seldom recognized as a particular social-cultural entity and are seldom thought to be important enough for serious scholarly consideration.
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To be safe at the expense of the liberty of other people is a difficult equation.
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When I was about nine years old, I announced to my mother that I was going to cook Thanksgiving dinner. And I went to the library and got this whole pile of books. I'd love to say it all turned out great. It didn't. But, sort of, from that point on, whenever there was serious cooking at home, I was the one who did it.
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I'm trying to be more organized, put together, and be more kind to myself. I'm really hard on myself and really just self-critical and always striving for this perfection which doesn't exist.
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There is no real agreement among scholars as to whether Homer and Hesiod were contemporaries or whether Homer came a hundred or so years later or earlier. How could there be, given that both poets recited and sang in an oral culture.
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I'm very open about the fact that it's nice when someone says you're pretty. Especially for someone like me.
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And, honestly, if somebody wants to criticize me for not being a trainwreck, that's fine with me!
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You have to learn a few things, which you do along the way, but basically, poetry is a matter of the ear. Iambic pentameters or what constitutes a stanza comes naturally - your ears will know.
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But the exposure we got by doing the stint with Nine Inch Nails brought us a lot of attention.
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The rich man's dog gets more in the way of vaccination, medicine and medical care than do the workers upon whom the rich man's wealth is built.
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The overwhelming number of police officers in Chicago are doing good work under difficult conditions. They put their lives on the line every day in situations none of us can fully comprehend or appreciate.
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My point is that you cannot force social change at a speed that it cannot go. Social change is evolutionary, not revolutionary. Deep social change takes time. And slowly the culture is changing. The MTV generation is far more tolerant, and that tolerance is growing.
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I have plenty of good friends that I think the world of - and Bob Dylan is one of them, and I like his music - but with some others... their music I just don't care too much about all of it. Some of it I like.
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It's important for me to be innovative and creative when doing charitable work as well.
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Accordingly, globalization is not only something that will concern and threaten us in the future, but something that is taking place in the present and to which we must first open our eyes.
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I wanted to stay on a career path of the likes of Natalie Portman. I didn't want to be pigeonholed into a certain genre. I sort of believe that slow and steady wins the race.
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I knew rice and gravy would be a hit. Who grew up here and never ate rice and gravy? I'm glad no one ever thought about it before.
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Bad music is often the result of an attempt by the untrained, something that takes for granted that you're very highly trained.
