Brian Ferneyhough Quotes

It is still true that it is easier to compose a poem in the form of a manual for adjusting a VCR than it is to write a piece using just tuning as a symphony.

Brian Ferneyhough

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TrueWritePoemJustStillEasier

It's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail.

Jimmy Carter

FailureFearDeterminedFail

I have my struggles. But I'm doing whatever it takes to be an artist, to be the best technical jumper I can be, the best spinner I can be. Nothing is easy about that. But I'm doing whatever I can to be the best.

Max Aaron

BestDoingEasyArtistI CanTakes

The thing about the movie 'Navy SEALs' is that it was just such a waste. The script could've been shaped to be much better, and you just hate to see all that talent and passion go to waste.

Michael Biehn

PassionHateTalentBetterYouNavy

I grew up in a two-bedroom house with my grandfather, my mom and dad and four kids. I slept on the couch or on the floor, and I always wanted to have my own space.

John Searles

SpaceMomHouseGrandfatherMy Own

Lyme disease is the most commonly reported tick-borne illness in the United States, and the incidence is growing rapidly. In 2009, the C.D.C. reported thirty-eight thousand cases, three times more than in 1991. Most researchers agree that the true number of infections is five to ten times higher.

Michael Specter

GrowingThreeTrueMoreDisease

The process depends on the situation, and I don't think there are any two songs that have gone exactly the same way... well, actually, that's not true.

Michael McKean

ThinkProcessSituationTrueWay

Joe Walsh is a great guy and and an unbelievable talent, I'd like to work with him again someday.

Lita Ford

WorkGreatTalentHimGuySomeday

If someone has children, the first thing they want is for them to be happy, and then become someone in life and all that. But the educational system, I mean always, not just now, creates competitive, successful people, and does not educate them to be happy. The problem is that success gives money, not happiness. The eternal problem.

Jorge Bucay

LifeSuccessHappinessChildren

What is the student but a lover courting a fickle mistress who ever eludes his grasp?

William Osler

StudentMistressFickleWhoGrasp

People always accuse us of being overprotective with Beyonce. But I was the mother saying, 'You gonna go hang out? You gonna go to this party?' She was always just so durn easy, so durn mature.

Tina Knowles

MotherPeopleSayingEasyYouParty

I didn't speak English until I was ten, when Philip Burton, the schoolmaster who became my guardian, took me under his wing.

Richard Burton

MeSpeakGuardianEnglishWhoTen

I'm still a proud Irishman, of course, but I've become an American citizen. I'm very, very proud of that.

Liam Neeson

ProudAmericanCitizenBecomeStill

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