John Corigliano Quotes

I have tremendous respect for film composers.

John Corigliano

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RespectFilmTremendousComposers

Being an astronaut, there are not a lot of things that have really shocked me in my life.

John M. Grunsfeld

LifeMeMy LifeThingsBeingReally

Governments sometimes turn paranoid. And they fear things. And sometimes the thing they fear the most is the populace.

John McAfee

FearSometimesTurnThingsParanoid

Fashion has come a long way to embrace different body shapes, ethnicities, even looks. I find it an exciting time culturally for these reasons. Women are really coming into their own.

Amber Valletta

WomenTimeFashionLongBodyFind

Women love working together. That's my experience anyway.

Shirley MacLaine

LoveWomenWorking TogetherTogether

Every one of our greatest national treasures, our liberty, enterprise, vitality, wealth, military power, global authority, flow from a surprising source: our ability to give thanks.

Tony Snow

ThankfulPowerWealthLibertyFlow

When we are flat on our backs there is no way to look but up.

Roger Babson

LookWayUpOurFlatBacks

If the truth be known, we are on the verge of losing an entire generation of our young people, killing and dying in the streets of America.

Ron Dellums

TruthLosingPeopleGenerationYoung

I've never been one to learn scales and do exercises. Maybe I'm lazy, but I just don't take to that kind of thing. Learning other people's songs is enjoyable, and my fingers tend to go to new places because I'm not playing my music, the stuff that comes naturally to me.

Mat Kearney

LearningMusicPeopleMeLearnNew

I've always been sort of confused by the trajectory my life has taken. I was supposed to be on an assembly line building Buicks.

Michael Moore

LifeBuildingConfusedMy LifeLine

Knowing what I know now and what I have been through, would I do it the same? I look at the alternative - a very simple life. It would have been nice to have a simple life.

Donny Osmond

LifeSimpleLookSimple LifeNice

The thing about being black in a mostly white industry, particularly as a black male, is you can't lose your temper in the same way. Essentially, you are an angry black man losing his temper in a way that's unprofessional, as opposed to an industry that has protected unprofessional white males in perpetua.

Cheo Hodari Coker

ManAngryLosingBlackYouLose

I think the biggest way of connecting with people is through your music and kind of saying what you want to say as an artist. And hopefully, you're making something that someone's going to be like, 'This is my favorite song.' That's always your goal, I think, anybody in any genre.

Chris Young

MusicPeopleSongSayingThinkGoal

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