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Harrison Birtwistle Quotes

Minimalism now is a reaction to what came before. It's absolutely of its time. Music moved into the set theory thing, and moved out of it.

Harrison Birtwistle

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: composer
Nationality: british
Birth: July 15, 1934

Topics

Music Time Now Reaction Out Theory

I've always said that if you can get the best people who are good at what they do, but more importantly are passionate about what they do, you'll succeed.

Good Best People Succeed You Said

I, poor creature, worn out with scribbling for my bread and my liberty, low in spirits and weak in health, must leave others to wear the laurels which I have sown, others to eat the bread which I have earned. A common case.

Health Liberty Bread Poor Others

I care what people who know me think of me.

People Me Think Care Know Who

I don't like spoilers. I don't like things being spoiled.

Melissa McBride

Things Spoiled Being Like

The close relationship between railroad expansion and the genera development and prosperity of the country is nowhere brought more distinctly into relief than in connection with the construction of the Pacific railroads.

Relationship Construction Connection

People, I guess, generally come to see me do stand-up with a working knowledge of my broad sense of humor on 'The Daily Show'... I don't think anyone would mistake me as an actual anchor.

Daily Knowledge Humor Mistake People

Gollum was so interesting to me because he's morally ambivalent, and I love the notion of a quest that is to lose something. Not to gain, but to get rid of something.

Love Me Interesting Lose Quest Get

I find books that have a moral and spiritual center, that speak to what is really important and lasting, hugely appealing.

Jeannette Walls

Spiritual Speak Find Moral Important

Everything needs to be public. The legitimacy of the courts comes from the fact that they reason openly, on the record, based on facts.

Facts Reason Everything Fact Needs

If the doors are going to close on me, it's a little late.

Me Doors Late Little Going Close

If explicit metadata is a real problem, it raises problems that just can't be solved. It's not that we're not good at it; it's the problems cannot be solved because we're not going to agree about these deep questions of how we organize.

David Weinberger

Good Problems Deep Questions Problem

Human beings are social creatures. We are social not just in the trivial sense that we like company, and not just in the obvious sense that we each depend on others. We are social in a more elemental way: simply to exist as a normal human being requires interaction with other people.

People Way Others More Human Depend

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