Gunther Schuller Quotes

I don't hate work, composing is not work for me, it's my pleasure; it's my life. So why should I stop? If something is pleasurable and exciting and rewarding, why should one stop?

Gunther Schuller

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: composer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 22, 1925 - June 21, 2015

Topics

LifeWorkHateMeMy LifeStop

I had true rivalries. Not only did I want to beat my opponent, but I didn't want to let him up, either. I had a rivalry with Mac, Lendl, Borg. Everybody knew there was tension between us, on court and off. That's what's really ingrained in my mind: 'This is real. This isn't a soft rivalry.' There were no hugs and kisses.

Jimmy Connors

MindWantTrueOpponentRealBeat

We will continue to pursue anybody who violates our franchise covenants, trade agreements, or anything, for that matter, that is ours.

Jimmy John Liautaud

WillMatterAnythingPursueTrade

I'm grateful and enjoying the ride.

Andra Day

GratefulRideEnjoying

Even the dullest bird or face becomes interesting when you give it a good look in the wild/flesh. The way the shadow drops across the cheek, the light hits an eyebrow, etc... there are many more angles, positions etc. than you can ever imagine. My heart always makes a little jump when I see things in birds or faces that surprise me.

Siegfried Woldhek

GoodHeartLightBirdShadowMe

Success is a gift, but it's a handicap at the same time, I think.

Stromae

SuccessTimeGiftThinkSame

The thing with darts players is they have always appeared available. They don't have to live like monks. I've only ever met one dry player in 35 years.

Sid Waddell

LiveAlwaysYearsDryAvailable

WWE style is a much different platform than other wrestling companies. Each wrestler wrestles under strict rules that fans never know.

Shinsuke Nakamura

StyleRulesKnowWrestlingNever

A rule against paid fast lanes would encourage additional capacity; a rule permitting paid fast lanes would simply encourage cable companies to create congested slow lanes on the Internet so they could make money by selling fast lanes to big companies.

Marvin Ammori

MoneySlowInternetFastCreateBig

The movie - any sports movie - becomes a praise song to life here on earth, to physical existence itself, beyond striving, beyond economic necessity.

David Shields

LifeSportsSongEarthStriving

This idea of shared humanity and the connections that we make with one another - that's what, in fact, makes life worth living.

Clint Smith

LifeConnectionsWorthHumanityIdea

People were talking while I was playing, so I got up and left the stage. I've gotten to the point where I'm not really very patient with patrons rapping during the show. And the people were all nice and quiet when I cam back.

Bruce Hornsby

PeopleTalkingBackQuietNiceUp

Introductions, that is, belong to the masterpieces and classics of the world, to the great and ancient and accepted things; and I am here introducing a short, small story of my own which appeared in The Evening News about ten months ago.

Arthur Machen

GreatI AmWorldSmallEveningNews

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