Danny Elfman Quotes

I would have to say I might do some stuff, but it's the film that's appealing. I was raised on film. My musical experience is all via film, it's not from classical music.

Danny Elfman

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Nelson Mandela just died, so that says so much because it's a tremendously powerful and great man who was very sensitive. Loved all people, forgave his enemies, and showed the world how to stand up and do it the right way.

Jim Brown

GreatManPeopleWorldStand UpWay

The son of a Fife mining town sledder of coal-bings, bottle-forager, and picture-house troglodyte, I was decidedly urban and knew little about native fauna, other than the handful of birds I saw on trips to the beach or Sunday walks.

John Burnside

SonBeachBirdsSundayLittleUrban

We pass people in the street and ignore them when they're clearly suffering. It makes you wish we could all feel when someone needs something.

Andrew Haigh

PeopleSufferingIgnoreSomeoneWish

I don't set out to transmit a message. I don't write with a political point of view. There are no religious overtones. Looking back at my books, I can say, 'Oh, yes, it is there.' But it's not in my mind when I write.

Lois Lowry

MindLooking BackLookingPolitical

There aren't many shy writers left.

Jay McInerney

ShyLeftManyWriters

In my experience, there are only two valid reasons to take a company public: access to growth capital and investor fatigue.

Jay Samit

GrowthExperienceCompanyTwoTake

I'm Australian, so I love the stores near Crowne Plaza Melbourne, on the banks of the Yarra River.

Jason Day

LoveRiverMelbourneAustralianNear

Peter remained very quiet and shy, but when he spoke it made sense.

Jonathan King

QuietShySenseMadeHeVery

My skirt fell off on stage during a performance of Hairspray on Broadway, revealing my fat suit over my own natural fat suit. I turned to the audience and said, 'Now you know why I spent six years in a square.'

Bruce Vilanch

PerformanceFatYouKnowSaidWhy

I wouldn't characterize my work, however, as directly political.

Suzanne Vega

WorkPoliticalHoweverCharacterize

If a job's worth doing, it's too hard.

Scott Adams

JobDoingWorthHardToo

It is up to us, to this present generation of Americans, to take a stand for freedom, to send a message to Washington that we're taking our future back from the grips of central planners who would control our healthcare, who would spend our treasure, who downgrade our future and micro-manage our lives.

Rick Perry

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