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Elliott Carter Quotes

Talking about a materialistic thing, I get about 13 times more royalties from Europe than I do from America.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: composer
Nationality: american
Birth: December 11, 1908

Topics

America Talking More Europe Get

I like the fact George R. R. Martin took Shakespeare's political plays as material, but he also took on all sorts of other sensational stories and mingled them in together.

Together Political Like Fact He

There are confirmed stories of people who can break instruments and cause them to fail by walking in a room. I'm the opposite - I can walk into a room and something will work better than it is supposed to.

Work Walk People Better Walking

It's great finding a comic book character that doesn't care about following traditional comic book rules by breaking the fourth wall and being explicit about everything. This gives Deadpool the arrogance which you just have to love.

Love Character Great Book Care You

Everything in my life has been a stepping-stone to something else.

Life My Life Everything Something

Everybody certainly has the right to defend themselves. That's not to say that they should defy common sense by avoiding or diffusing confrontation. And that's very, very important.

Common Sense Important Say Right

The more insecure you are, the more prone you are to create crises.

Mikheil Saakashvili

You Create More Insecure Prone

The movie style of fighting is completely exaggerated with over-the-top movements. You'd get completely hammered if you fought like that in a real fight situation.

Style Fight Fighting You Situation

In beach volleyball, there are only two of you on the court, so it's so easy for things to go south and take everything personal.

Beach Easy You Go Personal Two

The conscious purpose of science is control of Nature; its unconscious effect is disruption and chaos.

William Irwin Thompson

Nature Science Purpose Chaos Control

The self is just not a worthy enough vehicle to worship.

Self Enough Worship Worthy Just

In Colombia is where I discovered myself as a writer.

Myself Where Colombia Writer

I'm a big veteran of being able to, in one comic, explain to you everything that you need to know to get forward in the story without you having to refer back to years of continuity and a universe in these superhero comics.

Forward Story Universe You Back

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