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The best thing that winning those Academy Awards things are - the best thing of it is that when I say some of my ideas, somebody's going to listen to it, and they'll preface what I say, 'Academy Award winner da-da-da-da-da.'

Haskell Wexler

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 6, 1922 - December 27, 2015

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I am producing sounds that people are not used to hearing from the harp.

Joanna Newsom

I AmPeopleHearingUsedSoundsAm

Ask me trivia on 'Sex and the City,' and I will know it. I rewatch it every year. Samantha? Charlotte? Those are my girls.

John David Washington

CityMeYearSexKnowWill

I run around so much that I finally reasoned that composing is the one musical endeavour which you can do anywhere, anytime.

Andre Previn

YouRunFinallyAnywhereMuchWhich

Bands like Kraftwerk and Tangerine Dream, who I respect, have a very robotic, dehumanised approach. They're almost an apology for machines. It's very German.

Jean-Michel Jarre

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Most of the pressure comes from myself, not from others. I don't need a manager or a pundit to put pressure on me. I do all that myself before others do it.

Ruud van Nistelrooy

MyselfMePressureManagerNeedPut

Not what you would call a musical family, but my father used to play saxophone, and I discovered many genres of music when I was a child.

Rokia Traore

FamilyFatherMusicChildYouPlay

For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

MenEndWealthChangesOnlyMany

One of the reasons why we were so successful in integrating with Facebook was because we saw people using Facebook to promote their event and link back to Eventbrite before Facebook Connect and before the event's API was even available.

Julia Hartz

PeopleBackWhyConnectSuccessful

Times have changed since 2002 when I won a spot in the group 'Popstars.' Back in the day we would get fan letters in the mail, now you can find anyone and contact people. It's incredible how fans can have a personal connection, share photos, stories.

Josh Henderson

DayPeopleYouConnectionBackFind

I think that smart is sexy, and driven is sexy, and passion is sexy, and if you're passionate about math, so be it.

Jonathan Slavin

PassionSmartThinkSexyYouDriven

A politician's goal is always to manipulate public debate. I think there are some politicians with higher goals. But all of them get corrupted by power.

Dean Koontz

GoalsPowerThinkGoalDebateGet

My breakthrough was when I began to write during my commute, at first taking notes on my Palm Pilot, and then moving on to writing full prose on the tiny QWERTY keyboard of my iPaq smartphone. I got so fast that I was averaging 400 words during the 35 minutes or so I spent on the subway each way, or 800 words round trip.

Peter V. Brett

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