Pierre Schaeffer Quotes

Has it struck you that the music which is regarded as the most sublime in western civilization, which is the music of Bach, is called baroque?

Pierre Schaeffer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: composer
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: August 14, 1910 - August 19, 1995

Topics

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There are roles that are terrifying because they're large or you may feel that they're out of your line, but I'm never terrified once the actual work begins. Once you begin rehearsal, then it's small building blocks. It's solving little problems one at a time.

Michael Emerson

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I mean... mankind has for hundreds of years known that torture is not a very smart way to get information. It's horrible that we're going back to medieval times.

Stellan Skarsgard

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Precision, directness, and quickness are what human beings are good at. What we have never been good at - in our past, at least - is figuring out the impact, the consequences, of what our skills have allowed us to do.

Sue Hubbell

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Teen fiction should be about teenagers - no matter how many arguments there are about what YA lit should be, this seems like the one thing we can all agree on.

Robin Wasserman

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I own a horse and ride, but I don't know racing or betting.

Michael Mann

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Athletes have all the influence in the world. Everyone wants to hear what you have to say.

Jaylen Brown

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For me, being with Obama or having dinner with Bill Clinton... it's crazy. It's mind-blowing, because where I come from is just another world. We were just ignored by politicians - by America in general.

Jay-Z

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The worst enemy women have is in the pulpit.

Susan B. Anthony

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Understand me, Hollywood miniseries are very popular in England. But British miniseries make a tremendous mark on the national consciousness. They become part of the national culture and mythology... at least for a time.

Tim Pigott-Smith

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My career always took me away from home, I was always away from home and I just wanted to be at home.

Tina Turner

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I'll probably pursue doing more movies, but not horror or movies with killers in them. I'll try to stick to happy movies. I want to act and direct like Jodie Foster. I admire her because she went to college and she's still doing the same thing.

Lindsay Lohan

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I go to bed with men, not boys.

Linda Fiorentino

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