Anatoli Boukreev Quotes

I think that people ran out of oxygen and don't really know what happened up there, maybe some of them just made things up because they weren't sure what had happened.

Anatoli Boukreev

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: russian
  • Birth: January 16, 1958 - December 25, 1997

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The structural thinking I use in the concert hall is unnecessary to most film projects, and most film composers make better use of the enormous range of pop and other materials and techniques required of them than I probably would, faced with the same challenge.

John Corigliano

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Were I ever alone in the dock, I would not want to be arraigned before our flawed tribunals, knowing my freedom could be forfeit as a result of political pressures. I would prefer a fair trial, under the shadow of the noose.

Michael Gove

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Oh my God, I'm not anorexic. I acknowledge that I look thin in photos. I get it.

Tori Spelling

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When they talk about music getting in your blood, I understand exactly what they're talking about, because that is me.

Travis Tritt

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I love London. I love the U.K., but if I was going to live anywhere else on Earth, it would be Australia.

Tom Parker Bowles

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Being a mother is hard and it wasn't a subject I ever studied.

Ruby Wax

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It's hard work to think away all those 200 people or 40 people, whatever the crew is, that are around behind the camera. To also think about, 'Whatever I'm doing now is going to be seen by a million people,' it doesn't really help my performance.

Michiel Huisman

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When I'd hear something that sounded like I could follow it - most of those big band jazz tunes are blues anyway - I would hum it and play with the fiddle while I was humming.

Johnny Gimble

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One of the books we read a few years ago that had a big effect on us was Repeated Takes by Michael Chanan.

Colin Greenwood

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I destroyed all my geek stuff because I didn't want to be a geek, and I regret it to this day. Consumed in the geek bonfire of the vanities was a collection of autographs and letters from Peter Cushing, Spike Milligan and Frankie Howerd, the first Doctor Whos, actual astronauts, and many more.

Peter Capaldi

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Yeah, I paint in my spare time, just to relax myself and wind down a bit.

Tyson Chandler

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I'm influenced by those '40s, '50s, and '60s films: things like 'The Apartment' - I was a big fan of Billy Wilder.

Ricky Gervais

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