Chris Pavone Quotes
When I was in my mid-twenties, I was a copy editor at Doubleday, and for a brief period, it was my job to help shepherd Pat Conroy's 'Beach Music' into the world.
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We all have stories for a reason, and if we keep them to ourselves, I don't feel they would help anybody.
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If it helped you get your music off the ground, I'm glad you done it.
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I always dreamed of being Maria in The Sound of Music.
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I would love to do a period movie. I've always wanted to wear the corset, you know. It's a girl thing!
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There are many things which swallow up men's thoughts while they live, which they will think little of when they are dying. Hundreds are wholly absorbed in political schemes and seem to care for nothing but the advancement of their own party. Myriads are buried in business and money matters and seem to neglect everything else but this world.
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If the world sees that we can defend our borders... then no one will try to come to Hungary illegally.
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Music rhythms are mathematical patterns. When you hear a song and your body starts moving with it, your body is doing math. The kids in their parents' garage practicing to be a band may not realize it, but they're also practicing math.
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I may be helping to bring harmony between people through my music.
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Society exists only as a mental concept; in the real world there are only individuals.
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I consider 'Dr. Horrible' a tremendous success. The fact that it won an Emmy I just think lends validity to what we were doing and the point we were trying to make: taking the power into someone else's hands and changing the world.
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Roosevelt was the one who had the vision to change our policy from isolationism to world leadership. That was a terrific revolution. Our country's never been the same since.
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I definitely don't want to do drama. I'm not looking to branch out into that world.
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Everything has changed, and nothing has changed more than the world of fashion.
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People know more about baseball players' contracts than they do about the policies that govern the fate of our children's lives in twenty years. Think about it. People used to say, the whole time I was growing up, 'Do you want to bring a child into this world?' That's pretty dire.
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Music is the best means we have of digesting time.
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I was on the beach every summer. That was the pleasant part of my childhood because we were right by the sea. We'd take a picnic, and I'd spend hours in the water until I turned blue. You couldn't get me out of there.
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'Black Messiah' is a hell of a name for an album. It can easily be misunderstood. Many will think it's about religion. Some will jump to the conclusion that I'm calling myself a Black Messiah. For me, the title is about all of us. It's about the world. It's about an idea we can all aspire to. We should all aspire to be a Black Messiah.
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When you use the word 'fair' in television, you're already in a fantasy world. Nothing is really fair in television.
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I had to learn my faith and look after my family, and I had to make priorities. But now I've done it all and there's a little space for me to fill in the universe of music again.
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A collection that embraces the whole world allows you to consider the whole world. That is what an institution such as the British Museum is for.
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I just think you have got to bring out good music.
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Good tests can help teachers determine how their students are performing and identify the areas in which their students need assistance. Like an X-ray, however, tests can diagnose, but they cannot cure.
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When we have the Spirit to direct us, we are capable of teaching with great power.
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When I was in my mid-twenties, I was a copy editor at Doubleday, and for a brief period, it was my job to help shepherd Pat Conroy's 'Beach Music' into the world.
