Andre Previn Quotes
A Beethoven symphony should be rehearsed like chamber music, only for a lot more people.
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Young people do not watch television; they are on the Internet.
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All writers are the same - they forget a thousand good reviews and remember one bad one.
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Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.
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I think the biggest part of a good party is the host and then going around making sure nobody's left alone and knows enough about the people in the room to know who to introduce to whom.
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All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.
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I'm in love with music, and I'm pregnant by it. It's like having twins. Or triplets. Or eight-lets!
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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Having a couple really great basics makes it easy to dress well every day.
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I wish I had come along when the studios were making those big musical pictures. It would be great to do re-makes of some of the old ones like 'Porgy and Bess' or 'Showboat.' I'd love to do 'em.
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I just feel like whenever the team needs a bucket, I can come and get it. I feel I'm a really good scorer.
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In a sense I portray myself in a very androgynous way, and I love androgyny.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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The other aspect of American identity worth focusing on is the concept of America as a nation of immigrants. That certainly is a partial truth. But it is often assumed to be the total truth.
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Disease is the tax which the soul pays for the body, as the tenant pays house-rent for the use of the house.
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So we're living by that sword, and we're going to cut every now and then from it's backlash.
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In times of crisis, the incumbent suffers. And the bigger the crisis, the greater the punishment inflicted on those in power unless they do something that makes a change.
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Male athletes don't get dropped when they father kids.
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You don't want to get stuck with a record that you've done with someone that you feel obligated to put out - that's not really dope, just because you made an effort to get together and work.
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Music's exclusive function is to structure the flow of time and keep order in it.
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St. Peter announced the glad tidings of the Gospel to the people on the day of Pentecost, and converted, by the first Christian sermon, ever preached, three thousand - which formed the primitive Church.
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At present I am light, now I fly, now I see myself below me, now a god dances through me.
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Leadership is an opportunity to serve. It is not a trumpet call to self-importance.
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I would like to say I've achieved goals, but really, modeling is all luck. You're not really achieving anything. The least hardworking person with a special face can be huge and have a whole world of success.
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A Beethoven symphony should be rehearsed like chamber music, only for a lot more people.
