"I have this ideal listener, as John Cage did. This listener doesn't bring expectations that my music will fit into some part of music history, or that it will do any particular thing. This listener is just open to listening."

-- Missy Mazzoli

#Expectations Quotes #Listening Quotes #Cages Quotes

“Today, women have access to the technological capacity to do anything to our bodies in the struggle for "beauty", but we have yet to evolve a mentality beyond the old rules, to let them imagine that this combat among women is not inevitable. Surgeons can now do anything. We have not yet reached the age in which we can defend ourselves with an unwillingness to have "anything" done. This is a dangerous time. New possibilities for women quickly become new obligations.”
“As long as people overlook matters, then inferiors can, without any fear, lead an easy and peaceful life.”
“It's great to see a relatable, accessible young woman out there, doing things and breaking the barriers for what would be considered an action movie.”
“We should all live in central or southwest Queensland in Australia, which is geologically stable. Or Kansas or Nebraska, because it's relatively geologically stable. I am sure there is no emergency plan for Topeka.”
“I do hope after my crossing that more people will follow suit.”
“I feel like if a film is well-written, then the character's arc is complete. There really is very little room to expand on that afterwards.”
“The teachers of this country, one may say, have its future in their hands.”
“I'm not first and foremost interested in story and the what-happens, but I'm interested in who's telling it and how they're telling it and the effects of whatever happened on the characters and the people.”

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