Primarily Quotes

552 quotes by 469 authors

When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It… — Aaron Copland
I believe that the making of art is primarily for the benefit of the artist. If what the artist has created communicates messages and feelings… — David Walker
A great novel is concerned primarily with the interior lives of its characters as they respond to the inconvenient narratives that fate imposes on them.… — Richard Schickel
Beware when any idea is promoted primarily because it is "bold, exciting, innovative, and new." There are many ideas that are "bold, exciting, innovative and… — Donald Rumsfeld
Man works primarily for his own self-respect and not for others or for profit. . . the person who is working for the sake of… — Otto Rank
I think the art world... is a very small pond, and it's a very inbred pond. They rely on information from an elect elite sect… — Thomas Kinkade
In the history of mankind many republics have risen, have flourished for a less or greater time, and then have fallen because their citizens lost… — Theodore Roosevelt
I do not make films primarily for children. I make them for the child in all of us, whether we be six or sixty. — Walt Disney
The signs of outstanding leadership appear primarily among the followers. — Max De Pree
Mystical powers develop primarily through the raising of the kundalini. The Kundalini is a type of energy that exists within all things. It's possible to… — Frederick Lenz
I don't think people are reacting primarily to the danger of the sport. There are many other activities that are truly dangerous that we have… — Jonathan Gottschall
Sociologists have frequently observed that governments use punishment primarily as a tool of social control, and thus the extent or severity of punishment is often… — Michelle Alexander
All the elements in an advertisement are primarily designed to do one thing and one thing only: get you to read the first sentence of… — Joseph Sugarman
Movie acting is primarily listening. If you're really engaged, that's all a movie audience wants to see is you processing what's happening in your world. — Richard Gere
Hoover was incredibly ambitious as a young man. He was highly motivated to succeed in Washington, primarily due to his mother's expectations of him. — Leonardo DiCaprio
If you're doing a drama that has some comedic elements you can't forget that it's primarily a very serious film that has some light relief. — Robert Downey, Jr.
But I think Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang really got that thing where, if a movie reads really funny and then has some dramatic or violent… — Robert Downey, Jr.
The world seems concerned with Pakistan primarily as an actor in global attempts to combat terrorism. — Mohsin Hamid
What the government has to do, if it wants to govern for any length of time, is it must appeal primarily to the third parties… — Stephen Harper
When people are bored it is primarily with themselves. — Eric Hoffer

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