John Tavener Quotes

Hildegard von Bingen conveys spiritual ecstasy, if we're talking of Western music. What bothers me about Western music is that it doesn't have an esoteric dimension in the way the music of the East has, whether it be Byzantine chant, the music of the Sufis, or Hindu music.

John Tavener

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: composer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: January 28, 1944 - November 12, 2013

Topics

MusicSpiritualMeTalkingWayEast

I don't think I've ever seen him in a movie theater! I've only seen him on TV. Wow, that's so silly of me! We only saw one of his films together, it was with a group of people, and when he kissed Deborah Kerr, I jumped off the couch and I ran up and I slapped the screen. I was so upset that my father was kissing this woman I didn't even know!

Jennifer Grant

FatherTogetherWomanPeopleMe

Sadly, in the most nerdy way possible, my superpower is anagramming.

Matt Letscher

WayPossibleNerdySuperpowerMost

I think the greatest demand actually comes from within, not from outside.

Steve Easterbrook

ThinkOutsideWithinGreatestDemand

Until we command the exact same salary as every male counterpart, I feel a political desire to stand by other women. If we don't stand together, that equality will never be fully realized, and that bothers me.

Shirley Manson

WomenTogetherEqualityMePolitical

The time when you need to do something is when no one else is willing to do it, when people are saying it can't be done.

Mary Frances Berry

TimePeopleSayingYouDoneNeed

Just like if you were brought up on a farm, you would most likely carry on your father's business as a farmer; I was brought up in the kitchen and ended up becoming a chef.

Martin Yan

FatherBusinessChefKitchenYouUp

I think it's hard for Aaliyah to be duplicated, because she had her own lane.

Missy Elliott

ThinkSheHardLaneOwnHer

And Americans realized that native people are still here, that they have a moral standing, a legal standing.

Dennis Banks

PeopleLegalMoralStandingHere

Temporary solutions often become permanent problems.

Craig Bruce

ProblemsBecomePermanentTemporary

At the extreme temperature occurring in the stars, matter can only survive in its most dissociated states. Only simple bodies exist on these incandescent stars.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

StarsSimpleSurviveMatterExist

I don't know if it's that my own childhood felt brief, or I grew up too fast, or I was pushing myself too much at a young age, but I do feel like I am clinging to a certain childlike quality in myself, as a result of a childhood that was sometimes complicated.

Shawn Levy

AgeMyselfQualityChildhoodI Am

Writing, for me, is a very fluid process. I sit down and wait for the words to come. They usually do - in buckets and waves. I look upon it as a blessing because the words come so easily.

Sharon Draper

BlessingWordsMeWaitWritingLook

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