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Brian Ferneyhough Quotes

I am certainly not arguing for the de facto autonomy of the individual work, even though there is much to be said for making the attempt to see it in that light as one facet of the reception process.

Brian Ferneyhough

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: composer
Nationality: british
Birth: January 16, 1943

Topics

Work Light I Am Process Said See

Usually action films have a formula: good guy gets in trouble, his wife dies, friends have problems, so he goes to the mountain, learns martial arts, comes back, and kills the bad guy.

Jet Li

Good Wife Mountain Action Problems

Most of my friends aren't actors - and not one of them is overly impressed with what I do.

Jeremy London

Friends Most Impressed Them Overly

We must go fast, because the race is against time.

Anna Held

Time Fast Go Race Against Must

The most successful hyperpowers are the ones where there was actual intermixing. Tang dynasty China was China's golden age, and contrary to what I was told when I was growing up, Tang China was founded by a man who by today's standards was no more than half Chinese. It was a mixed-blood dynasty that pulled in 'barbarians' from the steppe.

Amy Chua

Age Today Man Growing Up Growing

Now our job, our duty, our responsibility to ensure the safety and security of our citizens cannot be complete unless we guarantee health care security for our citizens.

Tom Vilsack

Health Responsibility Job Safety Now

As a songwriter, if you can touch people and make them feel a little less alone in the world, then you've done your job.

Tom Cochrane

Alone Job People World Feel You

In college - while figuring the things out that most people do in college - I had no game. No confidence. I had Birkenstocks. And overalls. A budding romance novel addiction. But no cool. No poise. I was trying on a thousand different personalities, but a lot of them were formed by the perceptions of others.

Molly O'Keefe

Confidence People College Cool Game

Especially when you play at home, you need a good atmosphere behind you.

Jose Mourinho

Good Home You Play Need Atmosphere

I want to be as creatively disruptive as possible. I want to be radically transparent in a way that isn't showboating.

Jose Antonio Vargas

Want Way Possible Transparent

Theirs is not to make reply: Theirs is not to reason why: Theirs is but to do and die.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Die Why Reason Reply Make

Diversity is not just about the fact that the pictures look better. I mean, they always do look better!

Pramila Jayapal

Diversity Better Look Pictures Mean

Surely, marriage is throwing anchor and saying, 'This is where I'm staying. I've made my choice, and this is all I want because I've been on the up and down escalator, through the revolving door, and I want to stand still.' That's what I expected.

Pete Burns

Marriage Door Saying Stand Choice