Merck Mercuriadis Quotes
It became clear to me that the power was shifting from the artist to the songwriter, But the songwriters weren’t in a position to reap the benefits.
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I was very lucky when I started doing comedy because I hadn't seen much stand-up. I just got up on stage and did it without thinking.
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French 'Vogue' was always a photographer's magazine.
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I probably have a higher opinion of my writing than the average person, at least when I'm in a good mood, but I don't really think of my plays as only being relevant to a particular month or year.
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When I was living in New York and didn't have a penny to my name, I would walk around the streets and occasionally I would see an alcove or something. And I'd think, that'll be good, that'll be a good spot for me when I'm homeless.
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Hopefully in the future, generational challenges will be measured by achievement, not gender.
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A great byproduct of a TV show, movie, or play is when it can act as a catalyst for someone.
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I tell people that we must have the courage to share what we feel, but no one follows me.
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The interval between a cold expectation and a warm desire may be filled by expectations of varying degrees of warmth or by desires of varying degrees of coldness.
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One of the real worries I had before the first season of 'Treme' aired was that, man, people in New Orleans really hold movie and television shows up to a high standard in how they depict the city.
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We live in an age of instant knowledge. And there's almost a sense of entitlement to that.
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I am always fascinated by India.
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We're not spokespeople, we're musicians.
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Chelsea have made a good investment for me, but I did not put any pressure on them.
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As a solo performer, it's total involvement. What I do is to break down the wall between audience and performer.
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I would still like to own and run a restaurant serving Indian food with a good dollop of Parsi cooking - which you can't seem to get anywhere.
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Remember, while the work can sometimes appear to be simple to a viewer, the ability to perform expertly, consistently, precisely, over and over again, under pressure and on demand is what's needed.
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There's a logic today that places a greater value on celebrity the less it is accompanied by actual achievement. I don't think it's possible to touch people's imagination today by aesthetic means.
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Sensation is amphibious: at the same time it joins us to and divides us from things. It is the door through which we enter into things but also through which we come out of them and realize that we are not things.
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We still have tremendous work ahead of us to ensure that women have equal opportunities in the workplace and in our society.
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The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure, and pleasure my business.
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There is only good art and mediocre art.
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It became clear to me that the power was shifting from the artist to the songwriter, But the songwriters weren’t in a position to reap the benefits.
