George Crumb Quotes

I have observed, too, that the people of the many countries that I have visited are showing an ever increasing interest in the classical and traditional music of their own cultures.

George Crumb

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MusicPeopleCulturesOwnInterest

You know that book 'Quiet: the Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking', by Susan Cain? That's like my manifesto. The older I get, the more I think I could be a hermit.

Jessica Raine

PowerWorldBookThinkTalkingYou

The real hate crime these days is the Orwellian intimidation wielded by the Left against those that don't think the way they do. It's worse than waterboarding.

Andrew Breitbart

HateThinkCrimeWayRealDays

Nobody told me there was any idea for a sequel to 'The Exorcist.' But my agent called me to tell me they were going to do it, and there was a part for me. I said, 'But I died in the first film.' 'Well,' he told me, 'this is from the early days of Father Merrin's life.' I told him I just didn't want to do it again.

Max von Sydow

LifeFatherMeEarlyNobodySaid

When I was a small boy, I was bullied more than most, mainly because I was a foot shorter than everyone else.

Robert Reich

SmallBoyMoreEveryoneFootMost

I don't have a very 'masculine' taste in music. I get a lot of heat from my friends about that.

Matthew Perry

MusicFriendsHeatTasteGetVery

I wasn't sure pop art or my work would last more than six months.

Roy Lichtenstein

WorkArtMoreLastSurePop

Classics isn't about the ancient world. It's partly about the ancient world, but it's about our conversation. It's how we try to talk to antiquity.

Mary Beard

WorldConversationTryTalkAncient

The dignity of everyday life - the beauty of it, the attitude of it - is what I live around. And it is never on screen, and it is certainly never associated with Africa. If we see Africa at all, it is always used as a backdrop: a big blob of a continent rather than a specific street or a country or a place.

Mira Nair

LifeBeautyAttitudeLivePlace

Before I started a company, I was an employee with a bad attitude. I was always felt like, bosses are stupid, and people weren't well treated.

Mitch Kapor

AttitudePeopleStupidBadEmployee

I like to travel any chance I get, even if it's just a local vacation to San Diego or Palm Springs or wherever. I just like to get out and do stuff and see the world.

Christa B. Allen

TravelVacationWorldChanceSee

I'm tough, I'm pushy, I'm really loud. I used to spend a lot of time thinking about it. But we only have so much brain capacity, so if I'm spending part of my brain thinking about how I'm acting, A, I'm not spending all of my brain doing, and B, I'm not actually in that moment.

Christine Quinn

TimeMomentBrainToughThinking

The best roles have risks... and those are the parts I'm interested in.

Brendan Fehr

BestRisksInterestedThoseRoles

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