Virgil Thomson Quotes

I never learned to verbalize an abstract musical concept. No thank you. The whole point of being a serious musician is to avoid verbalization whenever you can.

Virgil Thomson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: composer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: November 25, 1896 - September 30, 1989

Topics

Thank YouYouSeriousNeverAbstract

I'm from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and my family is Punjabi.

Jinder Mahal

FamilyCanada

There are some people, no matter what they do, it turns out badly. They have a problem: either what they do is wrong or things that happen were wrong. I was president of a company like that; it was called Grid Computer.

John Morgridge

PeopleProblemWrongMatterCompany

If you get through the primary and you work very hard for three months and you're not successful, you go back to being normal. The only thing that changes your life forever is if you win.

Max Burns

LifeWorkWinYouBackThree

When I started playing the bass, I became kind of fascinated by it and started investigating various styles of bass playing, and I was really struck with funk music, mainly American funk music - Stanley Clarke, Funkadelic and that kind of stuff. That comes out in a couple of songs like 'Barbarism Begins at Home.'

Andy Rourke

HomeMusicAmericanKindOutBass

I don't think anyone in their right mind takes me serious.

Andy Roddick

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I don't know if those things work, where you do, like, this crash diet or crash starvation. It's just not something I've ever been into.

Amanda Peet

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Throughout the United States, at the dawn of the Progressive era, dozens of laws and regulations were established to empower police officers, public-health officials, and even the armed forces to vaccinate at will, and, if necessary, at gunpoint.

Michael Specter

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Part of the challenge of Most Wanted is trying to become the most notorious street racer on the pavement.

Josie Maran

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Substantial services growth is core to Boeing's strategy.

Dennis Muilenburg

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That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you've understood all your life, but in a new way.

Doris Lessing

LifeLearningYouNewUnderstand

Usually I get recognized for The Blue Lagoon or Dallas.

Christopher Atkins

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I really believe you can carry yourself in such a way that people don't notice you.

Clive Owen

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