Claude Debussy Quotes
It is necessary to abandon yourself completely, and let the music do as it will with you. All people come to music to seek oblivion.
Quotes to Explore
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I think everyone who goes to see a 'Bond' movie expects to be impressed by the look and the locations chosen. Certainly I was when I grew up watching them, and I don't think that's changed in the last 50 years.
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We know too much, and are convinced of too little. Our literature is a substitute for religion, and so is our religion.
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How do you make it to the top when all you have is ambition and talent? You believe in yourself and surround yourself with other idealistic and talented friends that fuel each other and push against the establishment to take you seriously.
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Since we can't count on the meat, egg, and dairy industries to protect animals from the most egregious forms of cruelty, what can we, as consumers, do? Opting out of paying someone to allow animals to die in a barn fire or at the slaughterhouse seems pretty reasonable.
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When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
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I do not think that having children - I have three teenagers - keeps you young. The reverse. It thrusts you into a full-frontal confrontation with your own all-too-obvious maturity.
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Soldiers are not policemen, and it's very unfair, even for those soldiers who have some police training, to burden them with police duties. It's not what they're trained for, or equipped for.
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Girls, to me, growing up were very, very petty and didn't want me to succeed and didn't want the best for me.
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As a musician usually music is your way out.
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Catholic schools in Indonesia routinely accept non-Catholic students, but exempt them from studying religion. Obama's school documents, though, wrongly list him as being Indonesian.
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Sometimes, I'm very embarrassed.
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I don't think badly of or oppose having plastic surgery. I once seriously thought of it, but I decided to take my appearance as it is.
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He is far too intelligent to become really cerebral.
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My feeling is that maintaining financial independence is also a healthy way to keep my feet on the ground.
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I think management and technology all come into play in building a super-yacht. It is a challenge - a serious challenge.
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Essentially what photography is is life lit up.
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You can never go more than three or four hours without having something to nibble on or eat - you have to graze all day long.
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I'm not somebody who's emotionally attached to an outcome of a character that I'm hired to play. The fans are.
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...the sun looks down on nothing half so good as a household laughing together over a meal, or two friends talking over a pint of beer, or a man alone reading a book that interests him..." - C.S. Lewis: Weight of Glory
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It feels so good to tell the truth.
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'My big problem with corporate structure is this bizarre sense of loyalty you're supposed to feel - towards what is basically a virus. It grows or dies, like any virus. And you use it for your own selfish ends.' - source
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At this very early stage in my career, I want people to experience the music first and let it drive their imagination and their experiences.
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It is necessary to abandon yourself completely, and let the music do as it will with you. All people come to music to seek oblivion.
