Chuck Mangione Quotes
Not with the Rochester Philharmonic, but I formed my own orchestra, made up of musicians from the Eastman School, where I'm on the faculty now, direct the Jazz Ensemble and teach improvisation classes.
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I've been married over 50 years of my life.
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What we really need is compassion of the mind - compassion for others that is directed intelligently and produces truly compassionate results.
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I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.
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Some of the furor that surrounded a Harry Potter publication was fun.
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Whenever I see the news, it's always the same depressing things.
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My tastes are aristocratic, my actions democratic.
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We pay taxes, and we help the city coffers.
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My mum has lived in Australia for 22 years now, and we have a rocky relationship. But at the same time it's one I want to maintain. I need her to be my mum. The relationship took a lot of rebuilding.
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The best time to release a film is on a festive date like Divali or Eid, or at a time when there are no big films three to four weeks before or after.
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China needs a powerful Europe, but Europe can only be strong if each and every one of its members attains rapid economic development.
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No offense to music - thank you for Entertainer of the Year and all that stuff. But if you're a father or a mother, there's nothing that beats being a parent, and that's the best time of my life right there.
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Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a war of legitimate defence, by which alone it can ever regain independence and freedom.
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I speak my mind. That's what we loved Tupac for.
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There should be a minimum on the air pressure but not a maximum. Every game, they're taking air out of the footballs I'm throwing, and I think that's a disadvantage for the way that I like them prepped.
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A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
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I could write and help a lot of kids, or teach and help a few and go nuts.
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A novel is a great act of passion and intellect, carpentry and largess. From the very beginning, I wrote to explain my own life to myself, and I invited readers who chose to make the journey with me to join me on the high wire.
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I think, at the end of the day, we're Americans: that's what we are, and we believe in America.
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Dick Wolf was my first boss after coming out of Sarah Lawrence.
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I can never tell ahead of time which book will give me trouble - some balk every step of the way, others seem to write themselves - but certainly the mechanics of writing, finding the time and the psychic space, are easier now that my children are grown.
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The desire to avoid meltdowns actually is one of the things that screws up live-action films.
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Old age is the time when birthday candles cost more than the birthday cake itself, and half of your urine is wasted on medical testing.
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Not with the Rochester Philharmonic, but I formed my own orchestra, made up of musicians from the Eastman School, where I'm on the faculty now, direct the Jazz Ensemble and teach improvisation classes.
