Andre Previn Quotes
I've had the healthy and sobering experience of constantly working with music that is invariably better than any performance of it can be.

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It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it. The extent and complexity of the problem does not matter was much as does the willingness to solve it.
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The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.
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I work so hard, but... everything just goes my way! It's insane!
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I'd wanted to be famous for as long as I could remember.
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We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida.
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In the spring of 1936, I was introduced by friends to Jean Tatlock. In the autumn, I began to court her. We were at least twice close enough to marriage to think of ourselves as engaged.
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Among famous traitors of history one might mention the weather.
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The biggest public mistake I ever made was that I chose to do 'Criminal Minds' in the first place.
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I'm most honest about writing when I'm talking to family or friends, not to newspapers.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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Adulthood is not a goal. It's not seen as a gift.
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I was never one of those surly teenagers who doesn't smile. My lovely godfather said it was always lovely to see me because I was the only teenager who smiled. And I was so in awe of him, I thought it was one of the best things anyone had ever said to me. So it made me want to live up to what he said.
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You're always facing the top defenders in this league. To go out there and do your best, that's all you can ask for.
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We've come into the world of '1984,' but it turns out to be '1984'-Lite.
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The presumption of innocence, the benefit of the doubt, walking without worrying - these should not be hallmarks of white privilege. They are human rights - human rights - that should be enjoyed by all.
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I like writing people from a slightly sharp angle and then throwing more light on them. I think in life we see somebody and make judgments very quickly about who they are and what they are. Or we think people are boring because they appear ordinary.
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I have a very all-over-the-place lifestyle. The people I know who are married - 90 percent of them have houses and live in the same place and sleep in the same bed every night.
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I got a feeling about political correctness. I hate it. It causes us to lie silently instead of saying what we think.
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Science, it is said, no doubt has ameliorated the material conditions of human life, but is powerless to solve those moral and philosophical questions that interest cultured people so deeply.
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The relationships we have with dogs seem simple enough and often are taken for granted. But these relationships can be deep and mysterious, and not at all simple.
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Maybe one day music will just be music, and there won't be these categories; it'll just be different shades of music.
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I always loved Little Anthony and the Imperials. They were like the precursors of the Temptations. I loved their music.
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I do feel that movies and music do have the power to slightly influence a person's decision. I believe that if violence is not in a person, then the film is not going to encourage them.
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I've had the healthy and sobering experience of constantly working with music that is invariably better than any performance of it can be.