Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Quotes
I had gotten to the point where I was either going to play the violin much better or I was going to break it over my knee.
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If Wanda can control more than 20 per cent of the world's three most important film markets - the United States, Europe and China - then it will have an empire with great voice in the industry.
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I guess you could say it's always been my destiny to be a performer.
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You know, we're really destroying ourselves because we're really making the motivating force of anything we do selfish.
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Rock and Roll has no beginning and no end for it is the very pulse of life itself.
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Often, what you see in the media is driven by economic forces.
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In this situation I was constantly exposed to danger and death.
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A baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings.
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The month of Ramadan is the world's most widespread fast and yet its teachings are minimised, neglected and even betrayed (through literal application of rules that overlooks their ultimate objective).
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Don't know if I'm a nerd - I'm more of a geek.
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I was forbidden to talk to my fellow hostages.
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My dad is an engineer and works on green energy, so I'm very aware of what it takes to keep a modern home running and how we can simplify.
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'Elizabethtown' was a movie made for all the right reasons, and people who connect with the movie really connect to it. It's not the biggest group of people ever, but I still really believe in 'Elizabethtown.' It wasn't, like, a savage blow.
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I spoke to my agent and learned that a Hollywood scout had seen my proposal in one of the publishing houses, and had faxed it to Hollywood, where it was generating a lot of interest.
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Omnia mutantur, nihil interit.
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Rage is exciting, but leaves me confused and exhausted.
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Faith is the inborn capacity to see God behind everything.
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There was a "We" and hope, but nothing after.
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The cause of the break with the tradition of antiquity was the rapid and unexpected advance of Islam. The result of this advance was the final separation of East from West, and the end of the Mediterranean unity.
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I think you don't break new ground in anything in life if you are willing to just follow the rules.
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Surviving, that's all. That's all I have in mind .
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I had gotten to the point where I was either going to play the violin much better or I was going to break it over my knee.
