Brian Ferneyhough Quotes

Sometimes one can be so closely involved with things that the larger context is lost to view.

Brian Ferneyhough

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One could argue that our national university system has become a de facto talent drain for much of the country. Many states and communities send their top students away to great schools, never to hear from them again.

Andrew Yang

GreatTalentCountryBecomeNever

I feel like shoes are one of those things that no matter how conservative or how outrageous you get, a good pair of shoes is going to last you a lifetime.

Melanie Fiona

GoodShoesFeelYouMatterGoing

I'm inclined to vote for Roberts unless something else comes up. It's a close call.

Max Baucus

VoteUpCallSomethingCloseElse

There are many things I do where the centre of it is... It's almost more my humanitarian work than art.

Angelina Jolie

WorkArtMoreThingsWhereAlmost

In the early 1990s, when a lot of the developing world opened up to international capital flows... they ended up in very good long-term projects, but projects that weren't going to pay off for five or 10 or 20 years.

Jeffrey Sachs

GoodWorldEarlyYearsPayUp

I grew up in a quiet suburb in South Texas, and loved the in-your-faceness of the East Village. In the early days, when I was still unemployed, I'd lie on a bench in Tompkins Square Park perusing the listings in the 'Village Voice' for a place to live.

Amy Chozick

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My studio cube is an experiment in solar heating and design. The south wall is covered with glass planks that collect and distribute heat naturally to my work studio on the second level.

Steven Holl

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Character is the ability of a person to see a positive end of things. This is the hope that a man of character has.

Tom Landry

PositiveCharacterHopeManEndSee

In order to be able to write a good joke, you have to find the truth.

Roseanne Barr

GoodTruthYouFindWriteJoke

One of the things I found as a dancer is that you're trying to perfect your body but also protect it and keep it injury-free. When you work against your own weight, you're still building lean muscle and bone density, but you're in a safer zone.

Mary Helen Bowers

WorkBuildingYouBodyPerfectOwn

Back then, the excise tax was designed to be a luxury tax for people who owned telephones.

Mike Fitzpatrick

PeopleLuxuryBackTaxWhoThen

I learned how to turn it on and turn it off. You learn that in theater, too, but for film work, I learned from doing 'Henry,' I learned how to leave work at work and go home. There's always spillover. Actors speak of this.

Michael Rooker

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