"I just have to take my chances like any other composer."

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Source : "'I want to make the world better'". Interview with Vadim Prokhorov, www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2005.

Gordon Getty

#Chance Quotes #Composer Quotes

“The select natures who pant after the ideal, and find nothing in pantaloons or petticoats great enough to command their reverence and love, are curiously in unison with the narrowest and pettiest.”
“I do love standup. I love comedians. They're my community. Also, because I know so many of them, I know the value of them. I know what they can do.”
“One man to live in pleasure and wealth, whiles all other weap and smart for it, that is the part not of a king, but of a jailor.”
“I'm not a believer, I call myself an atheist. It was man who invented God. I once wrote that there are 15 things I know about God, and one is that he is allergic to shellfish. There are far too many commandments and you really only need one: Do not hurt anybody.”
“You can do anything with children if you only play with them.”
“They (i. e., the Pythagoreans ) did not advocate the free confrontation of conflicting points of view. Instead, like all orthodox religions, they practised a rigidity that prevented them from correcting their errors.”
“College is great. It's the only time in life where you can write a check for 39 cents... and bounce it.”
“It's not subtle or restrained. It's not any of the things you like to think apply to your acting.”

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