Partitas Quotes & Sayings

I've spent a lot of time playing Bach partitas. One of my first jobs was to play for ballet and modern classes, so the music in 'Partita' is kind of like choreography for me. — Caroline Shaw

I'm almost like three people. There's me the, Dolly, the person. There's me, the star. And then there's me, the manager. — Dolly Parton

There is no action of man in this life that is not the beginning of so long a chain of consequences as no human providence is high enough to give a man a prospect in the end. And in this chain, there are linked together both pleasing and unpleasing events in such manner as he that will do anything for his pleasure must engage himself to suffer all the pains annexed to it. — Thomas Hobbes

My little secret before I do every scene is I say a short little prayer. — Justin Baldoni

My work has social implications, it functions in a social arena. — Andres Serrano

Newspapermen ask dumb questions. They look up at the sun and ask if it is shining. — Sonny Liston

Medical professionals concentrate on repair of health, not sustenance of the soul. Yet — Atul Gawande

The combination of the growth of these digital technologies, the ability of the government to conjure up these secret interpretations, plus a very unusual and novel court make for this ever-expanding surveillance state. We so treasure our freedoms; we will regret it if our generation doesn't use this unique time to reform the surveillance laws and make it clear that security and liberty are not mutually exclusive. We can do both. — Ron Wyden

I played a lot of Bach's partitas and sonatas; I like the way that Bach was abstracting already from these dance forms. — Caroline Shaw