Alejo Carpentier Quotes

I studied harmony and composition in a very spontaneous manner.

Alejo Carpentier

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: cuban
  • Birth: December 26, 1904 - April 24, 1980

Topics

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My intention is to make music that you can enjoy at all times.

Jill Scott

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I had the pleasure of working for Hart Hanson as the writers' assistant on the Fox show 'Bones.' He was always willing to take five minutes in the kitchen and answer questions I had about writing and the business. Looking back now, I realize he might have just been politely waiting for the coffee to brew.

Anders Holm

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An artist carries on throughout his life a mysterious, uninterrupted conversation with his public.

Maurice Chevalier

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When I was a kid, I collected cactuses. I had hundreds of different kinds in my room. I was a weird child. Everyone was playing football, and I was collecting cactuses. I spent all my money on them. I had so many colors and shapes. I even gave them names.

Stjepan Hauser

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There were 900 books on Washington when I began writing on him.

Ron Chernow

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Crossing the line and being world champion, I've always dreamt about it, and now I've done it. It's quite a surreal feeling, but obviously very special.

Lizzie Armitstead

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I think, as an actor, it is good to feel the fear of failing miserably. I think you should take that risk. Fear is a necessary ingredient in everything I do. But if I do 'Hamlet,' it will probably be in a small theater on a small stage, and it will have to be very, very soon because I'm getting a little long in the tooth for it.

Johnny Depp

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Generally speaking, exoplanets can be any size, and they are found in a wide range of orbits. Some have massive gas atmospheres; others are smaller with an icy or rocky composition.

Debra Fischer

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I do definitely believe that there is life away from this planet. I mean, we've kind of established that with the fact that we found bacteria on meteorites, and we've kind of used that to backtrack and show how this Earth, this planet, could have formed the ability to sustain life in the first place.

Corey Taylor

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It is a great mystery that though the human heart longs for Truth, in which alone it finds liberation and delight, the first reaction of human beings to Truth is one of hostility and fear!

Anthony de Mello

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I have always loved horror very much. I used to write stories for DC's House of Mystery. It was one of my first jobs writing for comics, and I loved it.

Sergio Aragones

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The heart of who I am as a person and as a man is forgiveness, after forgiving my father for a lot of things that were done when I was child.

Tyler Perry

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