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I don't drive, so one of my assistants drives me to my writing room, and I have a calendar on the wall telling me how… — Hans Zimmer
I wake up around noon, light a cigarette, get a cup of coffee, sit in the bathtub for an hour and daydream, and I usually… — Hans Zimmer
I know that all good things must come to an end and I've had an incredible ride. I just want to end it on the… — Alonzo Mourning
One way to explain the complexity and unpredictability of historical systems, despite their ultimate determinacy, is to note that long chains of causation may separate… — Jared Diamond
There's never a false note in a Berg novel. — Augusten Burroughs
Savvy observers occasionally note television's resemblance to the weather: Everybody loves to complain about it, but nobody can do anything to fix it. — Michael Medved
I begin by assembling notes on characters. Large swaths of the plot become clear to me as I do this. — James Ellroy
I always tried to learn about the hitters. Anytime someone got a hit off me, I made a mental note of the pitch. He'd never… — Christy Mathewson
Once I have the idea for a story. I start collecting all kinds of helpful information and storing it in three-ring notebooks. For example, I… — Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The shocking truth about prosperity is that it is shockingly right instead of shockingly wrong for you to be prosperous. Please note that the word… — Catherine Ponder
Tintinnabulation is like this. Here I am alone with silence. I have discovered that it is enough when a single note is beautifully played. This… — Arvo Part
Songs, and songwriting keeps me inspired, moving forward. I tend to scribble down notes, lyrics or just random thoughts on pieces of paper, backs of… — John Waite
In jazz improv, there is no such thing as wrong notes, only notes that are better chosen and it's not about the note you play,… — Larry Carlton
You could make your fingers reproduce exactly what you felt, if you really worked at it. I achieved it, not only spending a lot of… — Lennie Tristano
Take note of the fact that I am a follower (of the religion) and not an innovator. — Uthman ibn Affan
Everything Brecht wroteâ€”plays, dialogues, and poetryâ€”was his attempt to clarify the inner contradictions not only of the capitalism and fascism of his times, but also… — Richard Foreman
Whenever I heard the song of a bird and the answering call of its mate, I could visualize the notes in scale, all built up… — William Christopher Handy
There are no wrong notes. — Miles Davis
Guitar playing, as currently understood, has more to do with sports than it does to do with music. It's an Olympic challenge type of situation.… — Frank Zappa
Just as music comes alive in the performance of it, the same is true of mathematics. The symbols on the page have no more to… — Keith Devlin

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