Gavin Bryars Quotes

I've heard though that there is a younger generation of tonal French composers who are reacting with vigour.

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• Providence was well aware what lay ahead for me, and my Capuchin training was to prepare me for it.

  

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• A free and truly independent press - fiercely independent when necessary - is the red beating heart of freedom and democracy.

  

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• I want to see what I look like when I'm old - I'm curious where that's going to take me.

  

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• Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.

  

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• True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.

  

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• The manager has his eye on the bottom line; the leader has his eye on the horizon.

  

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• Music isn't like news, where it's what happened five minutes ago or even 10 seconds ago that matters. With music, a song from the 1960s could be as relevant to someone today as the latest Ke$ha song.

  

  Daniel Ek
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• Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

  

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• Being the vice-captain, you see a lot of things on the field. You have to try and help the captain as much as you can and lead by example on the field. Small things like getting a run-out or taking a catch makes the other boys try and lift their standards. So yes, I do have an important role, even if I'm not captain.

  

  Yuvraj Singh
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• I love bad movies, whereas going to the theater for me is a painful experience. I think it's really hard to sit and watch actors do something live and have it not go well.

  

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• I find myself frequently introducing myself to someone, saying that, you know, I've grown up black and biracial in the United States.

  

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• Every member of Congress deserves a seat at the table to be involved in the process. I will continue fighting for this to become a reality in Washington, and will be running for speaker of the House.

  

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• Many think kids have lots of time and few responsibilities. And that's just not true. They are stressed and under pressure.

  

  Nancy Lublin
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• After the fall of dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, Romanians were crazed with happiness. People who never met each other before hugged each other in the streets - convinced that tomorrow things would look different. Then came the many disappointments.

  

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• Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.

  

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• I'm a writer, not a genre.

  

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• To stay true to your art is such a complicated journey, and Dad clearly has done it.

  

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• Playing the quarterback position, there are so many things you need to master that improvement ends up taking place on graduated levels.

  

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• I think that sonically, music speaks volumes more than words do, and I have always thought that and will continue to think that for the rest of my life.

  

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• Understanding created by the intellect cannot be acquired by means of the occult, only by the aid of the zodiac, bringing forth that small flame by whose light part of the future may be discerned.

  

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• Let us admit, without bitterness, that the individual has his distinct interests and can, without felony, stipulate for those interests and defend them. The present has its pardonable amount of egotism; momentary life has its claims, and cannot be expected to sacrifice itself incessantly to the future. The generation which is in its turn passing over the earth is not forced to abridge its life for the sake of the generations, its equals after all, whose turn shall come later on.

  

  Victor Hugo
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• Only those ignorant of what poetry means will ask the question: what is it good for?

  

  Orson F. Whitney
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• I've only myself to blame. It would be easy for me to blame others but I have to look at myself.

  

  Craig Bellamy
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• I've heard though that there is a younger generation of tonal French composers who are reacting with vigour.

  

  Gavin Bryars
  • Generation
  • Younger
  • Though