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George Crumb Quotes

Perhaps two million years ago the creatures of a planet in some remote galaxy faced a musical crisis similar to that which we earthly composers face today.

George Crumb

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: composer
Nationality: american
Birth: October 24, 1929

Topics

Today Face Crisis Galaxy Two Planet

I've been in dance schools since I was four. I went to the Brit school. I did adverts and plays.

Jessie J

Dance School Been Four Did Since

People often assume New York City is no place to keep a dog. This is certainly what my parents told me when I was growing up there. But I have found this not to be the case at all.

Jill Abramson

Dog New York Parents People City Me

I surround myself with bizarre people. They're more fun to write about.

Jenny Mollen

Myself Fun People More Write About

Trump crossed the line all the time. Flustered during the debate because he couldn't out-debate Clinton on policy, he just leaned into the mic and dismissed her entirely: 'nasty woman.'

Mel Robbins

Time Woman Debate Policy Line Nasty

I want to write so well that a person is 30 or 40 pages in a book of mine... before she realizes she's reading.

Maya Angelou

Book Reading Person Want Write She

Well, Israel, obviously, thinks of the Iranian nuclear program as an existential threat to Israel.

Robert M. Gates

Existential Israel Well Threat

I don't want to be considered a leader based on what people think goes on in the clubhouse.

Matt Holliday

Leader People Think Want Goes Based

I've seen girls start playing music who have told me they were inspired by me.

Soccer Mommy

Music Me Start Inspired Playing Who

We need more male black teachers, tempting them with extra cash if necessary.

Trevor Phillips

Black Teachers More Need Cash Extra

Nothing can have as its destination anything other than its origin. The contrary idea, the idea of progress, is poison.

Simone Weil

Progress Destination Nothing Anything

Most whites live, grow, play, learn, love, work and die primarily in social and geographic racial segregation. Yet, our society does not teach us to see this as a loss. Pause for a moment and consider the magnitude of this message: We lose nothing of value by having no cross-racial relationships.

Robin DiAngelo

Work Love Live Moment Value Society

Even though it was six o'clock, there was no sense of approaching dawn.

Mary Higgins Clark

Dawn No Sense Sense Six Even Though