Chico Buarque Quotes

Whatever is original in my writing comes from my musical apprenticeship. I look for rhythm in words. I imagine words as if they were musical chords. Often I'll write something, read it, and find it musically unsatisfactory. There is a musical imperative in my choice of words.

Chico Buarque

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Even though I felt, at times, 'My goodness, you're among the upper echelon,' there is still a huge void there. A huge void. It is about self-esteem. That's a thing that has always been a real complex part of my life.

Jerry West

LifeMy LifeYouGoodnessRealBeen

Perfectionism is really a challenge for me, and it causes me to be super-critical of myself in so many ways: about body image constantly; about parenting; about being a mother.

Jennifer Nettles

MotherMyselfChallengeParentingMe

I realize the differences between my children and use what works for each of them individually.

Jennie Finch

ChildrenDifferencesRealizeBetween

No one much wants to be belittled, but we tolerate slurs surprisingly often for ourselves; for our lionised children, we demand freedom from insult.

Andrew Solomon

FreedomChildrenInsultDemandMuch

All thing I thought I knew; but now confess, the more I know I know, I know the less.

John Owen

ThoughtKnowNowMoreKnewLess

Rock guitar is one of my favourite sounds.

Trombone Shorty

GuitarRockSoundsFavourite

As a consequence while we had a roof over our heads, food on the table, and clothes to wear to school we were constantly conscious of being of modest means.

Robert B. Laughlin

FoodSchoolClothesTableOverRoof

I'm worried about losing my hair. I think if I lost my hair, I'd lose a lot of parts. And I don't want to get fat. I'm always worried about that.

Rupert Penry-Jones

LosingHairThinkFatLoseLost

Penal law was not created by the common people, nor by the peasantry, nor by the proletariat, but entirely by the bourgeoisie as an important tactical weapon in this system of divisions which they wished to introduce.

Michel Foucault

PeopleLawImportantSystemCommon

I've always been a singer, but I don't know if I was always a natural performer.

Lisa Hannigan

KnowAlwaysSingerNaturalBeen

You wouldn't expect ABC or any of the mainstream networks to take a position on immigration, health care, anything. But at Univision, it's different. We are pro-immigrant. That's our audience, and people depend on us. When we are better represented politically, that role for us will recede.

Jorge Ramos

HealthPeopleCareBetterYouWill

At the same time, much of it seems to have to do with recreating things we or others had already done; it seems rather derivative intellectually; is there a dearth of really new ideas?

Dennis Ritchie

TimeIdeasNewDoneOthersSame

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