Busoni Competition Quotes & Sayings

Cleansed of its leftist residues, anarchy - anarchism minus Marxism - will be free to get better at being what it is. — Bob Black

Now we see again, under the blue heavens where the larks are singing in the hot April sky, why the Romans called the Etruscans vicious. Even in their palmy days the Romans were not exactly saints. But they thought they ought to be. They hated the phallus and the ark, because they wanted empire and dominion and, above all, riches: social gain. You cannot dance gaily to the double flute and at the same time conquer nations or rake in large sums of money. Delenda est Carthago. To the greedy man, everybody that is in the way of its greed is vice incarnate. — D.H. Lawrence

I don't socialize. I'm kind of a hermit. The life of an actor can be very lonely. — Peter Dinklage

Anyone who ever spoke to me would know I would never say the words 'get hitched' nxt time do ur research. — Lady Starlight

Ahhh, teaching literature. A noble calling! For we are all stories. — Carolyn Weber

I've never had a problem with people paying attention to what you're doing and say they find that they liked it. — Viggo Mortensen

I didn't want to spend the rest of my life playing Norma Desmond over and over again. — Gloria Swanson

We can choose the way of compassion, the way of forgiveness, the way of generosity. Or we can choose other paths and those have very real consequences in the world. This is absolutely crucial. — Rob Bell

Don't be afraid," he said. "Art is full of agony and beauty. The pen itself a sword of pleasure and pain, isn't it, my poet? — Lisa Carlisle

The shorter the hours, the larger the income. Don't get into the habit of putting in long hours or you may be set down into a permanent subordinate position. — George Ade

If you want to preach a revolutionary message, wear a suit. — Nelson Mandela

We are angered even by the full acceptance of our humiliating confessions - how much more by hearing in hard distinct syllables from the lips of a near observer, those confused murmurs which we try to call morbid, and strive against as if they were the oncoming of numbness! — George Eliot

It seems the farther away we are from Hollywood, the better the ratings. — Martin Milner

In my case I don't mind playing a character that irritates people or makes people question my sanity. — Billy Corgan

I worked more intensively hour after hour when I was starting out [writing]. More laboriously. I'd say quantity is important as well as quality, and if you're not producing enough, make a schedule and stick to it. — Lydia Davis