Turangalila Messiaen Quotes & Sayings

If you are still in school, do not neglect your grades. Internships and other activities are fine, but when legal employers have to decide who to interview, grades play a big role in determining who makes that cut and who doesn't. — Grover Cleveland

While floor statements from today's [congressional] representatives are typically delivered to empty galleries and published into unread oblivion, legislative debates in the Reconstruction era were widely disseminated and closely observed. — Andrew Buttaro

It's Messiaen's Turangalila Symphony I'm really looking forward to. Simon Rattle does it perfectly: he understands its primal rhythmic life force, and he and the wonderful Berliners make it a sheer riot of orchestral colour. — Charles Hazlewood

I slept little, read a lot, and fell in love frequently. — Charles Simic

In my opinion, fun is what makes advertising successful. — Leo Bogart

I find N.Y. very inspiring; there is an amazing energy and flow of creativity in N.Y. like nowhere else. — Charlotte Ronson

Moviemakers are rewarded with tax write-offs if, when seeking a location that looks like America, they seek it in America. — P. J. O'Rourke

I think one of the reasons people quit is because they're afraid they won't be able to get better and better; that they have to come to a zenith of some kind. — Conrad Hall

I understand why people want to look up their friends - usually they want to see what people they've wanted to have sex with look like. — John Waters