Leo Ornstein Quotes
The difference between the student and the born composer is he really hears the thing, and they have to stage it and manipulate it by technical equipment.
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A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much.
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I love CNN. I love the Cartoon Network. I mean, I thought these things up.
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There are two books that I often travel with; one is 'The Theory on Moral Sentiments' by Adam Smith. The other is 'The Meditations.' It's not that I agree with either views expressed in the books, but I believe ideas and thoughts of older generations can offer food for thought for the current generation.
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If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
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I learned my French through school. I was lucky in that the tutor on 'The Wonder Years' set spoke fluent French.
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My priority is to take care of my daughter and my family.
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Going to hospital is rather like going to an alien planet.
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Booksellers are the bartenders of the reading world. People share thoughts and interests they keep private from others in their lives.
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It takes one person to give you a big chance.
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I'm a political conservative.
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I want to spend as much time as I can with my family, yet I'm aware of having to bring home the bacon.
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The trend in the world right now is - not just in developed countries, but in developing countries including China and India - there is a movement to build more and more nuclear plants.
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Music has to change. I don't want to stay the same forever.
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It's important to give a better country to your children, but it is more important to give better children to your country.
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It is only when I am doing my work that I feel truly alive.
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I have learned that to have a good friend is the purest of all God's gifts, for it is a love that has no exchange of payment.
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People read more mysteries than they do political pamphlets.
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For me, there is no day or night for music. I often work through the night - without phone calls disturbing me.
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World belongs to humanity, not this leader, that leader or that king or prince or religious leader. World belongs to humanity.
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Principal Skinner's kitchen catches on fire in the middle of dinner with Superintendant Chalmers
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Each of us must learn to work not just for one self, one's own family or one's nation, but for the benefit of all humankind. Universal responsibility is the key to human survival. It is the best foundation for world peace.
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I am a firm believer in education and have worked very hard to tell young Latinos that they must go to college and that, if possible, they should pursue an advanced degree. I am convinced that education is the great equalizer.
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In the first three months, half of my salary went for a pigeonhole in the Siberian end of town.
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The difference between the student and the born composer is he really hears the thing, and they have to stage it and manipulate it by technical equipment.
