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Carter Burwell Quotes

The jarring change going from an urban environment to an extremely remote natural environment is extremely inspiring. It's constantly stimulating, it's like a slap in the face.

Carter Burwell

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: composer
Nationality: american
Birth: November 19, 1955

Topics

Change Face Environment Urban Going

Storytelling is based on the word, being an honorable person of integrity is based on your word.

Jesse Williams

Integrity Person Storytelling Being

Since 2000, it's been a privilege and honor for me to be on the competition committee. And our main focus... is player safety.

Jeff Fisher

Focus Competition Me Safety Honor

We are stubborn, self-destructive conformists. Any other view of our species is just a self-congratulatory delusion.

Michael Crichton

Stubborn View Delusion Just Our Any

While writing 'The Orientalist,' I played a soundtrack that alternated between ragtime and Azeri mugams, Russian operas and German and Italian pop songs from the 1920s and 30s. When I finally finished, I gorged on all my music from the 1960s, 70s, and 80s.

Tom Reiss

Music Writing 1920s Pop Finished

There are a lot of similarities with film and TV, but also a lot of differences, especially in the way they film stuff.

Robbie Kay

Differences Way Similarities Film TV

You see a lot of talented people, but you usually don't see talented people who, behind the scenes, know how to conduct themselves on a higher level.

Romeo Santos

People You Know See Level Behind

I've just been growing right along. It's painful, but it's a great pain, and I like suffering for great results. It's like going to the gym. It hurts really bad at first, but after a couple of months and after that diet, you're looking so hot.

Mary J. Blige

Great Pain Suffering Looking Diet

The less oil the world uses, the less important the region that has so much of it becomes.

Michael Mandelbaum

World Important Oil Much Less Uses

I understand a woman who validates herself by getting attention from the opposite sex. I have a friend who is that to a T... Doesn't mean she isn't a good person. That's a funny character to play.

Cheryl Hines

Funny Good Friend Character Woman

So, the struggle for equal educational opportunity continues.

Bobby Scott

Opportunity Struggle Equal

Certainly it is much easier to think about negotiating and having deals when there is a singular represented point of view. That pretty much is a given.

Sylvia Mathews Burwell

Think View Point Of View Pretty Much

Nobody was listening when I learned how to play music. But there's something about being on stage, talking to the audience, looking at them and smiling, that's always been difficult for me. I'm a lot more comfortable now, but there are still moments of awkwardness.

Norah Jones

Music Me Listening Looking Talking