Elliott Carter Quotes

Right at the end of the war I wrote a piano sonata, which was written at a time when Sam Barber used to come down here and we used to have lunch together in a very nice old hotel that's now not there.

Elliott Carter

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You can actually eat very clean at Chipotle. They have white rice, they have brown rice, and they have chicken. I stay away from the guac and the sour cream. I just get lettuce, double-meat chicken, and a white or brown rice.

Jinder Mahal

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'Belle de Jour' is a film I loved and watched almost continuously because the style fascinated me.

Jeanne Damas

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Sanity calms, but madness is more interesting.

John Russell

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I rented a house in Favignana, off the coast of Sicily, in the mid or late '90s. There was a revolving door of visiting friends and family - we played games, painted our faces, went swimming naked, cooked big meals, rode around on motorini, and had great cappuccinos.

Amber Valletta

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I could only imagine myself being successful.

Trudie Styler

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Capitalism is always evaluated against dreams. Utopia is a dream. It doesn't exist.

Rush Limbaugh

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Americans love popcorn, and their love doesn't quit.

Rosecrans Baldwin

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Through every struggle that I have been confronted with and have been subjected to - solitary confinement, long legal battles, and physically transitioning to the woman I have always been - I manage not only to survive, but to grow, learn, mature, and thrive as a better, more confident person.

Chelsea Manning

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I hate going to fashion shows. I find them boring.

Chloe Sevigny

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I don't think of myself as an illustrator. I think of myself as a cartoonist. I write the story with pictures - I don't illustrate the story with the pictures.

Chris Ware

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I grew up with parents who liked the old line that they didn't leave the Democratic Party - the Democratic Party left them.

Bret Stephens

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At 21, my career took a comedic turn when I was cast in a new Broadway play called 'Brooklyn Boy,' by Donald Margulies, which was equal parts funny and sad. I realized that the more seriously I expressed my character's feelings, the funnier the scene became.

Ari Graynor

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