Elliott Carter Quotes

Then, when the Depression came, all of this changed completely. Since that time, the entire public is of a very different sort and there was not so much support for contemporary music in a direct way.

Elliott Carter

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As a journalist, I have wanted very much to find a way to write about the music industry, and it's been frustrating to me that that's never worked out.

Jennifer Egan

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People have expectations from you - and the whole fun of acting is taking expectations and completely upending them. That's how you get laughs in comedy, and that's how you scare the daylights out of people in a horror film.

John Lithgow

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For the most part, we inherit our opinions. We are the heirs of habits and mental customs.

Robert Green Ingersoll

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Most of India is rural; there is a huge population in India not being tapped for their excellence. They have no access to great universities.

Roshni Nadar

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Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.

Lord Byron

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In private, I may wear a bikini, but at the public beach with my kids, I would change bathing suits because they do not want to be hanging out with some old broad in a bikini.

Christie Brinkley

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Most of the people I know in bands, all they are concerned about is getting to do the next record.

Bruce McCulloch

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Well the country songs themselves are three-chord stories, ballads which are mostly sad. If you are already feeling sorry for yourself when you listen to them they will take you to an even sadder place.

Willie Nelson

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My roommates are all such happy-go-lucky guys, and I carry some of the stress around a lot more.

Pierce Brown

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I don't think America has ever had a center the way London is the center of England or Dublin is the center of Ireland.

Richard Russo

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Being fit is almost as important to me as my face. And for me, it's a combination of being spiritually and physically fit. There are guys who want to look good, and there are guys who want to perform at their best. Being fit is about being able to perform at your best, not necessarily just looking your best.

Mark Wahlberg

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Like 'Sex and the City' - if you're a New Yorker, you knew half the places they were going to. I want 'The Chi' to feel that way as well.

Lena Waithe

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