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John Cage Quotes

If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen. Then thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all.

John Cage

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: composer
Nationality: american
Birth: September 5, 1912 - August 12, 1992

Topics

Boring Try Two Something Still Four

I don't know anyone in the hunting or sporting arena that goes out with an assault rifle.

Joe Manchin

Know Hunting Out Rifle Goes Anyone

Recollection is the only paradise from which we cannot be turned out.

Jean Paul

Paradise Out Cannot Only Which

For a long time, I didn't have a balance in terms of my worth and my market value; I was just a very talented person who hadn't done any work that truly demonstrated my talent.

Amanda Seales

Work Time Balance Talent Value Long

Stories are amazing and powerful because they can resonate with people depending on their needs and experiences and speak truths we need to hear in that moment in time.

Sue Monk Kidd

Time Moment People Amazing Speak

My very best memory of Montreal was the moment inside the Olympic arena when I was waiting under the stadium and those majestic gates opened up. It was a whole other world.

Sugar Ray Leonard

Moment Best Memory Waiting World Up

The mistake that all 'long-term poor people' make is putting others under a microscope in an attempt to set blame. That right there is a true loser's mentality (or 'poppycock' if you will).

Steven Crowder

Mistake People Blame Loser You True

I'm in a happy relationship, me and my ex are on really good terms, my kid and I are in a good spot.

Robert Downey, Jr.

Good Relationship Happy Me Kid Spot

Japan rose from the ashes of World War II as a 'trading state,' the model for export-led growth. It is not clear that the old export model of growth will be sustainable in a more 'balanced' global economy that does not rely so heavily on the U.S. consumer.

Robert Zoellick

Growth War Rose World Will Economy

When 'Apollo 13' appeared as an opportunity and I began to tackle that in as authentic a way as I possibly could, I really became enthralled by the philosophical side of space travel and why we need to explore - what it means to us here on Earth - all of those things. I became a huge proponent.

Ron Howard

Opportunity Travel Space Earth Why

When migraines briefly became a campaign issue for me, it appeared that political foes were maybe playing the gender card.

Michele Bachmann

Me Political Gender Playing Maybe

Even when governments take the right steps to reform, these can be negatively impacted by events outside their control.

Jose Manuel Barroso

Control Events Outside Right Steps

The biggest problem in rock journalism is that often the writer's main motivation is to become friends with the band. They're not really journalists; they're people who want to be involved in rock and roll.

Chuck Klosterman

People Rock And Roll Motivation Rock