Bernie Krause Quotes
Our problem is that sound is not important in our culture. We know the world from the visual, not from the other senses. I had to be taught other ways of understanding.
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He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.
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As much as possible, location-specific information should not be collected in the first place, or not in personally identifiable form.
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The kindest word to describe my performance in school was Sloth.
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I think every once in a while country has lost its way, but found its way back. It's always going to drift away from the traditional side, but then find a way to return. There's room for all kinds of influences be it pop, blues, gospel or whatever. But I will always say that I think we need more traditional country music coming down the pike.
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Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything better.
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I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds and the environment.
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The three theater peeps I would love to dine with are Mel Brooks, because he is so funny; Stephen Sondheim, because he is a god-like genius; and Ethel Merman, to compare notes on fabulous belting.
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Peruvian food is so simple yet amazingly flavored with their traditional spices.
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Playing music is a beautiful thing. But listening to music is just as great.
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There are more ways of outraging speech than contradiction merely.
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It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took a flight from New York to L.A., most of the windows would be open. Now, we get on planes and we just close them because we're so used to what it feels like. I think the same thing has happened with cinema.
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If you do an autopsy on an 85-year-old who died of a stroke, you will find five other things that person was about to die from.
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If we don't somehow stem the tide of childhood obesity, we're going to have a huge problem.
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When I was little, I had concerts on the subway, and old ladies came up to me like, 'You are so good!'
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Chan Marshall has one of the most haunting, wrenching voices of any current singer, male or female.
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Eventually one day I want to direct, but as of right now my next cap that I'm looking for is the producer cap.
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When we don't unite, we do a terrible job.
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We should expect the best and the worst of mankind, as from the weather.
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My type of humor is me not caring whether people know what I'm talking about or not.
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I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.
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I think the life of an actor is glamorous to other people, but then the reality sets in: you don't know where you will be next year or how long you'll be there for.
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Vinyl is democratic, as surely as the iPod is fascist. Vinyl is representational: It has a face. Two faces, in fact, to represent the dualism of human nature. Vinyl occupies physical space honestly, proud as a fat woman dancing.
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Our problem is that sound is not important in our culture. We know the world from the visual, not from the other senses. I had to be taught other ways of understanding.
