Harold Brodkey Quotes

Me, my literary reputation is mostly abroad, but I am anchored here in New York. I can't think of any other place I'd rather die than here.

Harold Brodkey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 25, 1930 - January 26, 1996

Topics

I AmNew YorkMeReputationThink

In a film score, the last thing you want to do is take people out of the movie. The music is secondary. In opera, the music is the main event.

Stewart Copeland

MusicPeopleYouWantOperaOut

Missionaries serve to make life better for God's children.

Russell M. Nelson

LifeGodChildrenBetterServeMake

A reactionary is someone who wants to return to a previous state - that's never a possibility in my books. For me, everything's irreversible in the life of a society, as well as an individual's.

Michel Houellebecq

LifeMeSocietySomeoneNeverWell

I think we'll all keep pushing each other, which is a great thing.

Jay Roach

GreatThinkKeepGreat ThingPushing

I think I am worth a lot of money.

Jason Pierre-Paul

MoneyI AmThinkWorthI ThinkAm

That movie - 'Airplane!' - it influenced so many of us.

Jay Chandrasekhar

AirplaneUsInfluencedMovieMany

Many years ago, when I was working on Broadway, I used to go to a drug rehabilitation centre on Sundays. I didn't lecture them against the perils of drug-taking; I gave them drama therapy.

Diana Rigg

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I'm very much about letting other people shine, because it makes us all shine brighter.

Chelsea Handler

PeopleShineUsBecauseBrighter

I have two brothers, and one of them plays the guitar. I actually started playing the guitar because of him. Both of my brothers are 12 years older than me, so I thought they were really cool, and I just wanted to be really cool like them.

Brianna Hildebrand

MeCoolThoughtGuitarHimTwo

All military regimes use security as the reason why they should remain in power. It's nothing original.

Aung San Suu Kyi

PowerSecurityNothingWhyMilitary

Before the 21st century, stories became popular because people talked about them in other publications or shared magazine and newspaper clippings with friends.

Annalee Newitz

PeopleFriendsNewspaperBecause

Therefore, states are equal in natural rights.

William H. Seward

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