Marco Beltrami Quotes
I sort of enjoy being able to hear what other composers are doing and how they might score something differently than me. I enjoy that part.
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Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors, who when their turn comes will manufacture professors.
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A hole in the ice is dangerous only to those who go skating.
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I sort of enjoy being able to hear what other composers are doing and how they might score something differently than me. I enjoy that part.
