Peter Maxwell Davies Quotes

The establishment in Britain is certainly against the arts and against education. If something doesn't make a profit, it's invalid, and art doesn't make a profit in that sense.

Peter Maxwell Davies

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: composer
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: September 8, 1934

Topics

EducationArtProfitArtsSomething

I didn't really know how to write jokes, so I just told weird, long stories about being tall and beautiful and wealthy in New York. I'd tell them very seriously, but I kind of looked like a drag queen at the time with big wigs and crazy 12-inch platform heels.

Melissa McCarthy

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There is nothing more important to improve humanity than education.

John Paulson

EducationHumanityImportantNothing

Having a lot of friends and family around you - that's all a part of wellness.

Stella Maxwell

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But sometimes I think you have to try to do things that people don't think are doable.

Michel Hazanavicius

PeopleThinkYouSometimesTry

I don't believe that if one door closes, that's the end. You're in control of that, but you need to seek opportunities and prepare for them.

Michelle Phan

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The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.

Luc de Clapiers

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If you listen to a lot of the songs that are popular now, there's very little melody in there. People love the beat. But to musicians, it's melody, because we understand how elusive it is and how hard it is to hold.

Branford Marsalis

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Each new book is a tremendous challenge.

Peter Straub

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If all the circumstances of acting are made to easy, then there's no grain of sand to make the pearl.

Peter Sarsgaard

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I think Robbie Williams is an utter and complete prat. His last record was a pile of rubbish.

Pete Waterman

ThinkCompleteLastRubbishI Think

I have gotten a couple of letters meant for Mr. Bean aka Rowan Atkinson. These letters would say things like, 'You're so funny, you make me laugh, with your big rubbery face,' and I would say, 'You can't mean me!'

Sean Bean

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I'm a real magpie when it comes to music; it's all random, and there's no pattern to what I like.

Rhys Ifans

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