Arnold Schoenberg Quotes
I find above all that the expression, 'atonal music,' is most unfortunate - it is on a par with calling flying 'the art of not falling,' or swimming 'the art of not drowning.'
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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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I want to ski down Mount Cho Oyu in the Himalayas when I am 85, descending from a height of 8,201 meters.
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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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I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
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Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
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I'd like to be Queen Elizabeth.
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There is an idea of democracy produced by one-sided thinking.
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It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.
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Whenever I have even a spare second, I'm in the kitchen whipping up a batch of cookies. I make a mean batch of chocolate chippers.
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I spent my entire childhood with my father. I started my first business at 16, and we became business partners. He's not just a mentor and somebody that I look up to, but he's also someone whom I took work ethic and determination and all of those qualities from.
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We did an album one time called White Mansions, about the civil war, but it was written by a guy from England. His looking at it from over there and it not being a part of his history made it so he could be objective.
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I am not opposed to intelligence reform on its face, but any changes should reflect the current context.
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The secret to everything for me is doing yoga every day. It does do nice things for your body, but it also kind of calms you down and chills you out. Other than that, I don't really drink alcohol and I always take my makeup off at night!
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If we want to recruit and retain high-quality teachers, it starts with a fair wage, adequate working conditions, and the resources and support to succeed. Remember: teachers' working conditions are students' learning conditions.
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Long-, medium- and short-grain rices differ in the amount and type of starch they have.
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Somehow I got the feeling at an early age that I had to do something important with my life.
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When you're getting old, obviously you try to put on the best cream, you have massages, you try to stay beautiful, but I think wrinkles can sometimes be more beautiful than having none.
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No one wears high heels all day, every day.
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The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary epic is meant to be read.
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I don't want to say I'll never play someone with a cockney accent, but I think I would be irritated by me doing it.
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Before, I was terrified on stage. I only play guitar during the acoustic songs. After a while, you can elicit certain responses from the crowd, like Elvis.
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A lot of people I make music with are really talented and it doesn't stop at one instrument.
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People are flying you places in business class. Everyone wants to take pictures of you and find out information about you. It's a freak-out. But the more you push boundaries, the more you get ahead.
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I find above all that the expression, 'atonal music,' is most unfortunate - it is on a par with calling flying 'the art of not falling,' or swimming 'the art of not drowning.'
