George Crumb Quotes

Nonetheless, I sense that it will be the task of the future to somehow synthesize the sheer diversity of our present resources into a more organic and well-ordered procedure.

George Crumb

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FutureDiversityPresentWillTask

There are a lot of things that immigrants, especially Chinese-Americans, want to share with their children, but there are a lot of things they don't want to share.

Anchee Min

ChildrenImmigrantsWantShareLot

What I like are films that take me seriously, that don't treat me as more stupid than I am.

Michael Haneke

I AmMeStupidTreatSeriouslyMore

I like to understand, very specifically, what it is I'm seeing, and where it is and where it's going, and a lot of that is just hitting the mark and following the dotted line. But that's good, too because there's concentration and focus that's involved in that.

Stephen Lang

GoodFocusSeeingUnderstandLine

Prejudices save time.

Robert Byrne

TimeSavePrejudices

I always try to keep in mind that while the characters in a farce may find themselves in outrageous dilemmas, and may behave in a way that the audience finds amusing, the characters themselves don't have the consolation of knowing they're in a comedy.

Rupert Holmes

MindComedyFindWayTryKnowing

While the coach is entitled to celebrate the team's victories, there is a manner and a way of doing so without aggravating the opponent.

Diego Maradona

TeamCelebrateDoingWayCoach

My buddies are like, 'You live the most amazing life!' Well, I'm working like a dog. I come home most nights and pass out on the couch.

Dennis Crowley

LifeDogHomeLiveAmazingYou

I don't have to psych myself up, or do something special mentally - I look through the scope, get my target in the cross hairs, and kill my enemy, before he kills one of my people.

Chris Kyle

MyselfPeopleLookTargetEnemyUp

My father was a coal hewer from Goldthorpe, a coal-mining village in South Yorkshire. He played for the Yorkshire second team as an opening fast bowler - to me he was a gorgeously heroic man. He helped form a union and closed down the Barnsley seam because it was seeping gas, and saved many, many lives.

Brian Blessed

FatherManMeTeamDownVillage

Whenever I don't get injured, the film is a dud. I didn't bleed on 'Rhinestone.' I didn't bleed on 'Stop! Or My Mom will Shoot.'

Sylvester Stallone

MomStopWillShootFilmBleed

Entrepreneurs don't write a 100-page business plan and execute it one time; they're always experimenting and adapting based on what they learn.

Thomas Friedman

BusinessTimeLearnPlanWrite

When I get hate mail, I get really down on myself, and I read it to my mom, and my mom is like, 'So what? Who cares? These people don't know you, so you can't take the praise or the hate to heart.'

Nikki Reed

HeartMyselfHatePeopleMomYou

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