Bryce Dessner Quotes

Early on, I was a performer playing classical music. It's in my DNA in a way that I can't begin to extract it.

Bryce Dessner

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MusicEarlyWayDNABeginPlaying

Over the last decade, at considerable cost to me in money and effort, confronted with ridicule and intimidation, I have brought more than a dozen lawsuits challenging the corruption in the election process in Tennessee.

John Jay Hooker

MoneyEffortMeProcessCorruption

In the early 1980s, the government of New Zealand fell into the hands of true believers, globalist believers, and they embraced the theory of inevitability perhaps more completely than anybody else. And it solved in the very short term some of their debt problems, but in the medium- and long-term, it left them in real economic trouble.

John Ralston Saul

GovernmentProblemsShortHandsNew

What is John Arriaga's circle of competence? Is it real estate? No! Is it U.S. real estate? No! Is it California real estate? No! Northern California real estate? No! Only real estate around Stanford. His circle of competence is this small.

Mohnish Pabrai

Real EstateSmallCircleCalifornia

Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible.

Lord Kelvin

FlyingImpossibleMachines

With a lot of hair and make-up then I'm possibly, remotely attractive. But it's rare, I don't think I'm ugly but I'm nothing particularly special. I'm not a yoga and health girl. I don't exercise that much and I eat crap and smoke and bite my nails.

Lisa Marie Presley

GirlHealthUglyHairThinkSmoke

I found that looking at the Israeli/Palestinian conflict from an outside vantage point was actually quite distancing. The history of the conflict, the personalities, the violence, the distrust, and the seeming lack of viable solutions made meaningful involvement feel impossible. What changed that, for me, was changing the vantage point.

Jason Alexander

HistoryMeConflictImpossibleFeel

To have a film in America means precisely nothing if you don't have a distributor who stands behind it.

Arthur Cohn

AmericaYouNothingFilmBehindWho

Art removes boundaries and makes the world brighter. It is the common language for people all over the world. But politics are the opposite completely. Politicians, their very meaning is based on the lines they draw.

Asghar Farhadi

ArtPoliticsPeopleWorldLanguage

Businesses are not just local or even national anymore - good ideas are immediately global. So the market opportunities are much larger than we've ever imagined or seen.

Alfred Lin

GoodIdeasOpportunitiesSeenMarket

Do you want an interesting job? Yes. Do you want a balanced life? Yes. And to make a contribution as well? Of course.

Pierre Nanterme

LifeJobInterestingYouWantYes

I taught myself confidence. When I'd walk into a room and feel scared to death, I'd tell myself, 'I'm not afraid of anybody.' And people believed me. You've got to teach yourself to take over the world.

Priyanka Chopra

ConfidenceMyselfWalkDeathPeople

I am still in shock and awe at being fired.

Peter Arnett

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