David Amram Quotes

In symphonic music, when you are conducting, you do the same thing. You are feeling the whole orchestra, thinking ahead so you can prepare for a change.

David Amram

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ChangeMusicThinkingYouFeeling

A national park is not a playground. It's a sanctuary for nature and for humans who will accept nature on nature's own terms.

Michael Frome

NatureAcceptPlaygroundWillPark

I'm not sure I like making movies that my kids can't go to, but that's just how it is.

Stephen McHattie

GoMoviesSureJustLikeKids

For me, the money isn't a big issue. I'm at the end of my career and I'm just happy to play.

Sue Wicks

MoneyHappyMeEndCareerPlay

Are vampires kinky? I didn't know.

Roger Ebert

KnowKinkyVampires

Being in Weezer's just gotten so much more fun over the years. I love almost every part of my job. My very favorite part is working on new songs.

Rivers Cuomo

LoveJobFunNewMoreOver

I decided to try celibacy because I heard it would help the meditation, and I tried meditation because I heard it would help with the music. So, it all really comes back to the music.

Rivers Cuomo

MusicHelpMeditationBackTry

Barack Obama happens to be the first African-American, and so criticism of him is and always was gonna be racism, and therefore not permitted.

Rush Limbaugh

RacismCriticismFirstHimAlways

The United Nations should become a proactive agent in the dissemination of democratic principles.

Michelle Bachelet

ProactivePrinciplesBecomeUnited

When I got fired from coaching, I started coaching high school because my son played. I realized real quick that high school football is in trouble. There's no budget. A lot of kids have got to pay to play, and every year, coaches are getting out of the profession. Kids aren't playing like they used to. It bothers me.

Jon Gruden

SonFootballSchoolMeHigh School

The only one that got through was Jimmy Walker, because he plays the gas station attendant. I mean, there's nothing wrong with it, it's just that we were kind of purists at the time, and we didn't want any comedians.

David Zucker

TimeWrongWantKindNothingMean

I was sort of a miserable teenager.

Colson Whitehead

MiserableTeenagerSort

With the stand-up comic on TV, whether it's Seinfeld or Cosby or Roseanne, more important than their knowledge of how to tell a joke is their knowledge of themselves, or the persona they've created as themselves. So that when you're in a room with writers, you can say, 'Guys, that's a funny line, but I wouldn't say it.'

Bob Newhart

FunnyKnowledgeYouImportantSay

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