Ethel Smyth Quotes
I can imagine nothing more tiresome than always to speak of people as if they were listening at the door.
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I will keep working hard!
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Wine and women do not go with song. Alcohol is the worst enemy of the imagination.
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I'm very open-minded.
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Anytime you do something in this arena, whether it's public records or ethics, it's not like throwing a stone in a quiet pond. It's like throwing a boulder.
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Maven is very much a haunting presence in 'Glass Sword.' His influence is everywhere, and he dogs Mare and Cal like no other. He's my favorite character to write because he's so complex, but also because he affects everyone else so deeply. He's kind of like the source of gravity. Everyone moves around him and what he's done.
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Y'all have no idea how many times I say, 'Yes, ma'am.'
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I guess my main influences are Jesus, rock 'n' roll and ex-wives. In that order.
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Back in the '70s when my friends in California were at Berkeley, in-state tuition was around $700 a year.
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The fact that we elected Obama was a sign that the black struggle inherent in the blues and so much of the music I have loved can triumph.
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I was not a fan of the Bush administration, as I think many of us were not.
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For me, I went from showering at the YMCA in L.A., eating chicken sandwiches and ramen noodles if lucky, and going from couch to couch. I'm a real story. I know the struggle.
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I'm usually working on eight or 10 things at once.
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I almost feel like we do live in a world like 'Caprica.' The fact that it's so close to home is why it appeals to me so much. You're making statements about what's going on right now. You take Facebook and Wii and add it together, and that's what the virtual world in 'Caprica' is.
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It's always about the music, never about anything else.
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Sometimes, things need to be so understated on film that I don't even see them as funny, which isn't my favorite style, comedically. When I watch film comedy, I like people that are a little bit more alive on the screen and wound up. I like volatility and unpredictability and other long words like those.
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I think that with the death of Schumann and Chopin-‘finis musicae'.'’
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Vanilla is anti-inflammatory and reduces free radicals.
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All I want to know is that I can keep this house for the rest of my days and I want to make good music... and have the odd sports car in the garage, obviously!
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Do you ever achieve total forgiveness after screwing up?
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The business of the advertiser is to see that we go about our business with some magic spell or tune or slogan throbbing quietly in the background of our minds.
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I have to say I have never been comfortable with somebody else telling me what to do - in any way.
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There are certain realities we must speak of with our children that were not present when I was a child.
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I can imagine nothing more tiresome than always to speak of people as if they were listening at the door.
