- American Audiences
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being Quotes
On identity, openness and staying true to yourself.
This set of quotes explores what it means to simply be: holding onto a child's spontaneity, embracing honesty that feels inappropriate in creative work, or aging with flexibility instead of resistance. For more on self-belief, see our Able quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Singing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Shortly after this I was made a member of the boys' choir, it being found that I possessed a clear, strong soprano voice. I enjoyed the singing very much.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do not see how a people that can find in its conscience any excuse whatever for slowly burning to death a human being, or for tolerating such an act, can be entrusted with the salvation of a race.
- Ale
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- Nov 07, 2020
It isn't that NPR is matriarchal but that it has dedicated itself to not being patriarchal in its outlook and presentation, stipulating from the outset that its headline voices would not resound across the fruited plains from big male bags of air sent from Mount Olympus.
- Pressure
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- Nov 07, 2020
Personally, I think I am much calmer under incredibly stressful situations, and I've learned to deal with pressure and nerves, which is key to being a performer of any caliber.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being on a boat that's moving through the water, it's so clear. Everything falls into place in terms of what's important and what's not.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
All of these people kept on being professional musicians and composers in the strictest sense.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
The wonderful thing about being an artist in L.A. is that there is no taste. There's anarchy of taste, which seems good to me.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Generally, we use light to illuminate other things. I like the thingness, the materiality of light itself. So it feels like it's occupying the space, making a plane, being something that was there, not just passing through. Because light is just passing through. I make these spaces that seem to arrest it for our perception.
- Computers
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- Nov 07, 2020
If being the biggest company was a guarantee of success, we'd all be using IBM computers and driving GM cars.
- Foundation
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020