Sarah Churchwell Quotes

Music - not just the lyrics, but the music itself - expresses confused or illicit passions: rage, lust, envy, frustration, channeling these energies and creating an outlet for them.

Sarah Churchwell

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MusicFrustrationConfusedEnvyLust

I don't want to go around like some kind of bleeding giant or whatever, or thinking I'm a big deal, because it doesn't help you do your work. I think people like Hemingway got into an awful lot of trouble that way.

Jim Harrison

WorkPeopleThinkThinkingHelpYou

I mean, I love winning, but losing is a much more intense feeling.

Jennie Finch

LoveLosingWinningFeelingMean

As a bureaucracy becomes more established, it develops its own career structure. It is less dependent, and should be less dependent, on individual personalities. Absolutely no one is indispensable.

John Scarlett

CareerBureaucracyMoreStructure

As a competitor and an athlete, you love that you get to go back and challenge someone, especially the world champs.

Tony Romo

LoveChallengeWorldSomeoneYouGo

'American Buffalo' is special. I can't wait to fight to make an audience feel about it as I do.

Tom Sturridge

FightWaitAmericanFeelSpecial

You can't go wrong with major life and death stories when it comes to a competition, so I thought I'd have a go at writing one.

Michael Winter

LifeDeathCompetitionWritingYou

Nothing is more pleasant than to see a pretty woman, her napkin well placed under her arms, one of her hands on the table, while the other carries to her mouth, the choice piece so elegantly carved.

Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin

WomanHandsMouthTableChoiceSee

I'd listen to all the stuff that was going on around me and drift off into my fantasies about it. My fantasies have fuelled all the songs I've ever written.

Don McLean

MeListenDriftGoingOffStuff

I ask myself all the time, 'Why keep doing this?' If I wasn't exploring or finding something to write about that was personal or meant something, there'd be no reason. If I was ever making a record just to make a record, or ever just like, 'Just put something out there that someone will buy,' I would quit.

Dierks Bentley

TimeMyselfSomeoneDoingFinding

I think people should be authentic and who they are. If that calls people to same-sex attraction and same-sex marriage, then they should be true to who they are, and I think that the world could benefit by more love.

Chris Gibson

LoveMarriagePeopleWorldThink

I really love advertising art of the '50s and the way mid-century design was often represented in jazzy, fast art.

Christopher McCulloch

LoveArtAdvertisingDesignFast

Before 'Pretty Girl' was released, I didn't really talk about my YouTube channel or show anyone. I didn't expect any of my videos to blow up like 'Pretty Girl' did.

Clairo

GirlTalkYouTubePretty GirlUp

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