George Crumb Quotes

If we look at music history closely, it is not difficult to isolate certain elements of great potency which were to nourish the art of music for decades, if not centuries.

George Crumb

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I sing in Hungarian. I read Hungarian. I do not pretend to speak Hungarian, but I sing in languages that I have studied as languages. And I find that to be central and very, very helpful. I think if you're not really cognizant of what every single word means, I think that might be a little tricky.

Jessye Norman

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I constantly watch 'The Simpsons' and an English cartoon called 'The Raccoons' and 'Gummi Bears.' I was obsessed with ninja films, and the 'Teenage Mutant Nina Turtles,' I used to love that as well.

Matt Smith

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Why do I use the same actors in different movies? One of the things I really stress in casting is I need to find someone who is suitable for the role in the movie. That's always the main reason.

Stephen Chow

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I never outgrew my conversion to atheism at 13, but at various times was a serious cultural Jew.

Steven Pinker

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Lots of people aren't comfortable with silences. They feel they've got to fill the dead air.

Robin Gibb

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I don't feel that I wanted to spend my whole writing life - which is my life - writing detective stories.

Ruth Rendell

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In many ways, it is very real, because I sat there for 9 days, and it was constantly happening, and that was the 9 days of making the film. But you can't say that it's 100% true, because there are places where I've been intrusive and interfered.

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

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Temerity is not always successful.

Livy

AlwaysSuccessful

Once you are an immigrant, you never forget that you are one.

Jorge Ramos

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What I learned from that loss, and also another loss that I'm going to talk about later, was that when you're there, it's not good enough to be there, when you're there, you better walk away with that ring.

Don Shula

GoodWalkNot Good EnoughBetterYou

Folk music was out there. Clubs were springing up and they were hot with the college kids.

Dick Smothers

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The political status legislation which emerged in Congress in 1990 and 1991 did not receive the support needed for enactment into law during my tenure as Attorney General.

Dick Thornburgh

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