Arthur Erickson Quotes
The essentially unchangeable established order of things slowly disappeared and was forgotten for a while completely.
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Good music is good music, regardless of where it comes from. I think that's a really important thing to carry with you.
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Acting is trying to be absolutely truthful; to get audiences to believe that you are a dean, when, actually, not only are you not the dean, but if you walked into the building they'd probably throw you out. That's very hard.
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The problem with writing a monthly book is that you're going through your work like a man running for a bus, red-faced and out of breath. There isn't time for reflection or critical self-examination.
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In the matter of justice, all should be equal in your eyes.
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See, I believe that it is not true that different races and nations are alike. I'm profoundly convinced that that's a total lie. I think people are different. Sardinians, for example, have stubby little fingers. Bosnians have short necks.
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Costume people are always saying they don't have clothes big enough for me.
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Let's just say I was really bad. Now I have grown into myself. I have changed.
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You can get any film now basically for free, and that's where I think the model we're talking about is - if you give people what they want, how they want it and when they want it, they're more likely to pay for it.
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I think it's important for people of colour to have similar opportunities to white people; that's what is most important.
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My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.
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I wanted to be less well-known in comedy.
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I'm an iPod person.
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A composition is always more than the sum of its parts. In other words, a really good piece of music is more than itself. It's sort of like a prism, which you can see from each facet a single totality.
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When they see me holding fish, they can see that I am comfortable with kings as well as with paupers.
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I started playing the trumpet when I was about eight.
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Jam! I love my jam. I've just had a batch of it come through, I've been making it.
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There is creative reading as well as creative writing.
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We will not be beaten. But we may be shamed and embarrassed on a needlessly long road to victory.
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I've sung other people's music all my life.
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And rather than make the book unwieldy I have eschewed notes-reluctantly when some obscure passage or allusion seemed to ask for a timely word; with more equanimity when the temptation was to criticize or 'appreciate.' For the function of the anthologist includes criticizing in silence.
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Finally, I truly believe that each of us must find meaning in our work. The best work happens when you know that it's not just work, but something that will improve other people's lives.
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We don't need secrecy.
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The essentially unchangeable established order of things slowly disappeared and was forgotten for a while completely.
