Gian Carlo Menotti Quotes

I really don't think I have that much of the gift; I have a little bit, but I wish I were Schubert or Chopin or Beethoven, though Beethoven had a very difficult time writing melody, too.

Gian Carlo Menotti

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: composer
  • Nationality: italian
  • Birth: July 7, 1911 - February 1, 2007

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I turned out to be a tough, smart kid.

Joe R. Lansdale

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The only way to be turned off to being famous is to be famous.

Jesse Eisenberg

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I feel like it's my responsibility not to leave the listener in a pool of dread.

Jens Lekman

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A wild and crazy weekend involves sitting on the front porch, smoking a cigar, reading a book.

Robert M. Gates

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The key thing about wealth in a capitalist economy is that it reproduces itself and usually earns a positive net return.

Robert Solow

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Secure the border; have an ID system that works. Have a guest worker system. And then, finally, hold businesses accountable. Once you do that, most of the chambers of commerce and those who are clamoring around immigration will take a deep breath and relax.

John Hickenlooper

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I wish I hadn't lost it, and for the rest of my life I can never again lose my temper on TV. The BBC could have sacked me and that would have been the end of my career on TV.

John Sweeney

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My lasting impression of Truman Capote is that he was a terribly gentle, terribly sensitive, and terribly sad man.

Alvin Ailey

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I have to say I've worked very few days of my life. I used to have to cut the lawn, and when I was in junior high school, I worked at a concession stand at a stadium.

Steve Nash

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Don't kid yourself that anyone in the Premier League is going to do you any favours.

Tony Fernandes

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The reality is the cap-and-trade legislation offered by the Democrats amounts to an economic declaration of war on the Midwest by liberals on Capitol Hill.

Mike Pence

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The UFC has been so good to me over the years, and it is hard to leave this company and this sport.

Mirko Cro Cop

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