Carmine Coppola Quotes
I have written symphonic poems and chamber music. It is my way of personal expression.
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I know what to do and I go and execute.
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Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.
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You mustn't upstage the bride.
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Bigotry toward any faith community cannot have any place in civilized society anywhere in the world.
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When you are studying jazz, the best thing to do is listen to records or listen to live music. It isn't as though you go to a teacher. You just listen as much as you can and absorb everything.
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Instead of building walls, we should be building bridges.
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A religion that takes no account of practical affairs and does not help to solve them is no religion.
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I started traveling by myself as early as 5 to see my dad. I'd go to Toronto or Los Angeles, depending on what show he was doing, but most often New York, and we would hang out, and he'd take me to museums and Broadway plays. The ones that had the biggest impact on me were the George C. Wolfe productions.
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I like someone who's not afraid to be a kid!
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Because of the way my words get scrutinized, I have to use a level of precision so people don't accuse me of misleading them.
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The Arab representatives and their followers were not interested in the persecuted millions throughout the world; they were fixed on a political agenda that distracted the world from their own serious shortcomings in the human-rights department.
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The way to a man's heart is through his chest.
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I'm trying to have some longevity in this business. If that means not working for a while and just picking the right job, so be it.
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You must enjoy the journey because whether or not you get there, you must have fun on the way.
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Judges who take the law into their own hands, who make up constitutional 'rights' in order to strike down laws they oppose, undermine the people's right to have their values shape public policy and define the culture.
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I think I am less of a prankster and more of a jokester.
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Actors are intelligent. Yet, many of them do not communicate well. That's what makes it so hard to have a relationship with one.
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The fact of the matter is the Arab elites are more inclined to accommodate our wishes because of certain overlapping interests that are often financial. That is not the case with the Arab masses.
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Most people get excited about games, but I've got to be excited about practice, because that's my classroom.
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I'm very happy that Paul Ryan has decided to treat Donald Trump like a Zika mosquito: avoid contact, or you will be infected.
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I had fans, and the industry and everybody saying, 'Keep the Righteous Brothers going; keep the music alive,' and I really didn't want to do that. I had sung with a couple of guys who would supposedly be really good Bobby Hatfields, and I thought, 'Oh geez, it's really anti-climatic.'
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I can't help but love all music, but nu disco is my new favorite.
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When we think about big records, a lot of producers are thinking of how to make it as standard as possible. I think those days are gone. I think you have to surprise the audience in 2015.
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I have written symphonic poems and chamber music. It is my way of personal expression.
