Olivier Messiaen Quotes
No one should be allowed to make music as if he were made of wood. One must reproduce the musical text exactly, but not play like a stone.
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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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Celebs says we have no time for love, but I wouldn't say that.
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When foreign assistance has a clear mission, buy-in from the aid-recipient country, and explicit metrics for implementation, the United States will be able to transition aid-recipient nations into strong trading partners. One of the greatest examples of this successful transition is South Korea.
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Gut feeling is all about the experiences that you have had in your life. It is about being in difficult scenarios, knowing what worked, what did not work, and then taking a decision.
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The world is too violent right now.
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Women are blessed with energy - a power which is unique. I have been very fortunate to have played strong women and explored their strengths through my films.
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A novel is not a rant.
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Dreams are not without meaning wherever thay may come from-from fantasy, from the elements, or from other inspiration.
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Yes, I applied a lot of what I did in football to golf.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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I get really insecure because even though I can speak in musician's terms, I don't know as much as real musicians.
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What we cannot deny is that there's an association between exclusion, segregation, non-violent extremist thinking, and jihadism.
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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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Time was God's first creation.
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Well all the big companies are really panicked by the internet thing and all that, and sales went down, although sales have gone up again in this country a bit and also the big companies, because they're so big, they need big sales really so they're not really interested.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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Acting for me is very therapeutic. It's my shrink.
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Ours is one continued struggle against degradation sought to be inflicted upon us by the European, who desire to degrade us to the level of the raw Kaffir, whose occupation is hunting and whose sole ambition is to collect a certain number of cattle to buy a wife with, and then pass his life in indolence and nakedness.
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In an open society, no idea can be above scrutiny, just as no people should be beneath dignity.
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Different people have different styles, but there is an opportunity as a director to be a writer in every moment, with every visual cue and every piece of production design. Everything is a decision, and everything can be obsessed over.
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Antonio Damasio is a distinguished neuroscientist with a flair for writing about science and an enthusiasm for philosophizing.
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Only utopian liberals could be surprised that the Nazis were art connoisseurs.
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I wasn't originally a bass player. I just found out I was needed, because everyone wants to play guitar.
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No one should be allowed to make music as if he were made of wood. One must reproduce the musical text exactly, but not play like a stone.
