Alan Hovhaness Quotes
I had been composing but I didn't know I was. When I realized that this was what I had been doing, I began to take it seriously.
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All of the characters in my films, they share one commonality. It doesn't matter whether they are good or bad, it doesn't matter whether they are smart or stupid, these characters all take responsibility for their own behavior. I'm much the same.
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One of the problems with posing a 'bold new plan' is that you can't just extrapolate from previous plans.
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The first 'world' war was in reality the last European war fought by globally significant European powers.
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The best antidote to poverty remains simple - a paycheck. Policies like paid family leave, workplace flexibility and affordable quality childcare can make the difference for two-parent or single-parent working families who struggle to make ends meet.
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It was of limited usefulness to head great rallies. The government did not listen, and, soon enough, the tear gas and the muzzles of the guns were turned against the people. The justice of our cries went unrecognized.
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Contrary to popular opinion, the hustle is not a new dance step - it is an old business procedure.
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People really love editorial cartoons, and I think publishers understand that.
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My cross earrings are a mini statement; I wear them every day! My whole dream is to be iconic, and the way you dress yourself is so important.
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In England, rain was thin and cold, and made you hunch up inside your coat, walking home from the bus stop. In Jamaica, it was wide and thick and invited you to step into it, and see how wet you could get, and be thrilled that it was warmer than the sea and warmer than your skin; it was abandon.
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One time I got dressed in all black, Rambo-style, and took a massive pair of bolt-cutters and nicked a military bike.
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The Premier League is difficult. The small teams can beat the big teams.
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Now, my mom did not read well and she read 'True Romance' magazines, but she read with me. And she would spend 30 minutes a day, her finger going along the page, and I learned to read. Eventually, by the time I was four and a half, she could iron and I could sit there and read the 'True Romance.' And that was wonderful.
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Every morning, I can lose myself just by looking at my son.
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History shows us that in times of people feeling like they are in need of some sort of rebellion or protests, the artists rise because the poetry we create about pain and its relationship to culture in the world begins to soothe and heal people who are feeling confused or afraid.
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I guess I am just not the marrying type. I have given it a few chances, and it just goes haywire after a month or two. I am on wife number five right now, maybe five's a charm?
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If, by chance, you were to meet me at the Casablanca airport or on a boat sailing from Tangiers, you would think me self-confident, but I am not. Even now, at my age, I am frightened when crossing borders because I am afraid of failing to understand strangers.
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Longing is like the rosy dawn. After the dawn out comes the sun. Longing is followed by the vision of God.
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Every generation tries to put its doctrine on a high shelf where the children can not reach it.
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As for his secret to staying married: "My wife tells me that if I ever decide to leave, she is coming with me."
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Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts.
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I was too heavy to be a jockey and too honest to be a producer, so I became a writer.
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--Hero!? Forget it! We're Pirates! I love heroes but I don't wanna become one! Do you even know what it takes to be a Hero!? Lets say you have some meat okay? Now a Pirate would chomp down on that bad boy, but a hero would share it with everyone!! I want to eat meat!""--Hero!? Forget it! We're Pirates! I love heroes but I don't wanna become one! Do you even know what it takes to be a Hero!? Lets say you have some meat okay? Now a Pirate would chomp down on that bad boy, but a hero would share it with everyone!! I want to eat meat!"
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I've realized that Evanescence is who I am.
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I had been composing but I didn't know I was. When I realized that this was what I had been doing, I began to take it seriously.
