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Michael Tippett Quotes

Beethoven suppressed everything, his personal life disappeared until he was locked inside. That is a figure quite extreme.

Michael Tippett

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: composer
Nationality: english
Birth: January 2, 1905 - January 8, 1998

Topics

Life Personal Inside Everything He

It's important to me to play men who use their brains, not just brawn.

Men Me Play Important Brains Just

The world is a pile of grunge.

World Grunge Pile

At the end of the day, we're defined by our predicament, not by the sides of town.

Day End Of The Day End Sides Our

I get easily distracted and become a bit of a giddy giggler. I'm not good at taking myself seriously, and laughing at myself helps ease the pressure.

Good Myself Pressure Seriously Get

Powerful people cannot afford to educate the people that they oppress, because once you are truly educated, you will not ask for power. You will take it.

John Henrik Clarke

Power People You Powerful Will Ask

I'm obsessed with broadcasting.

Broadcasting Obsessed

I'm not getting caught in a club at 2 o'clock in the morning. I'm going to basketball games and hockey games and going to events and dinners.

Morning Basketball Hockey Games Club

I actually don't know anyone who wants to be famous for fame's sake, at least not anyone I respect. But you need to have a certain amount of power in order to be able to do what you want.

Michael Ian Black

Power Respect Famous You Know Want

I would have worked no matter what. I was born and raised that way. It occurred to me to be married second.

Me Born Way Matter I Was Born Would

My parents wanted us to be pool-safe, so I had lessons when I was 18 months old. I would like to share with all the parents out there that I was that kid who cried during every one of my lessons. But it wasn't an option for my parents; we had a backyard pool, so I needed to learn how to swim.

Parents Learn Pool Kid Out Backyard

A pen is different from the pad, the key, moving your fingers across a screen. I like both. I like to work on sketchbooks, big old white sketch paper. I like how that feels, and I like to put different media on it. Then there's the phone, smartphone, iPad: It's the new page, and it's not the same page anymore.

Juan Felipe Herrera

Work Moving Key Media Pen Phone

You have to surprise opponents, keep them guessing. Doing the same thing over and over again without variation will not work.

Work Surprise Doing You Will Over

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