Laura Mvula Quotes
I always said when I was younger, I wanted to write film music, and I think that's what my ultimate dream is.
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It's different for every song. But for 'Say Something,' I think it was Chad who had an idea on guitar, and I had an idea on piano for different songs, and we just married them together. We bounce things off each other constantly and kind of massage all these ideas into a three and a half minute pop song.
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I came from the theater playing leading roles, and when I started doing film and television, I felt as if I had to start from the bottom.
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Cartooning was a good fit for me. And yet now, years later, I almost never think about it.
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Greetings and death to our enemies.
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Why would Senator Allen want to oppose saving money for the state? It's simply another example of Republicans fighting the governor tooth and nail against any measure where she might be able to turn the state's budget around.
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Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
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I'm a big believer in the power of visualizations. And so are neuroscientists. Numerous studies have proven how merely imagining positive circumstances sends blood flowing from negative brain regions to positive ones.
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Of course it's fantastic to have bands formed in garages, but there is a market for other types of music.
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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I did not have anything to do with these murders. Ever.
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The way you write a screenplay is that you close your eyes and run the movie in your head and then you write it down.
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I really don't know the secret to it, but I'd like to think my desirability is a combination of my personality, my image, and, most importantly, the kind of films I do.
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To me there is no picture so beautiful as smiling, bright-eyed, happy children; no music so sweet as their clear and ringing laughter.
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I've got a serious-looking head.
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I will never regret not denouncing apartheid.
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Pacifists are like sheep who believe that wolves are vegetarians.
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Old age is not a disease - it is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointments, trials and illnesses.
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I like Tel Aviv; I live in Tel Aviv, but our right of return is Jerusalem. We did not return after 2,000 years for Tel Aviv but for Jerusalem.
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' Daisies' is about a guy touching dead people and bringing them back to life. It's kind of morbid, you know. But there's a love to it. There's a kind-heartedness to it that I think makes it - I don't know; it's a good thing to put out there in the world, so I'm glad people responded.
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People in independent film have a passion; they're not in it for the money.
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To be a teacher does not mean simply to affirm that such a thing is so, or to deliver a lecture, etc.
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Growing up in Canada, most kids from Canada dream of playing in the NHL, and they also hope one day to be on a Stanley Cup team. That was a big goal.
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My approach to music is very deep. I do not compromise with anybody or anything else in the world. I do not care. I want to really go beyond this materialistic world...not for the sake of enjoyment, entertainment, no. A musician must lift up the souls of the listeners, and take them towards Space.
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I always said when I was younger, I wanted to write film music, and I think that's what my ultimate dream is.
