#ay

Originally, I wanted to be a composer. I always tell people, 'I think of myself as a composer.' ↗

— Ornette Coleman

#composer #i #i always #i think #myself

So, for instance, if you came to me, I'd ask,'Do you want to write? Do you want to improvise? Why do you want to play this instrument? What do you want to do?' ↗

— Ornette Coleman

#came #i #improvise #instance #instrument

To me, human existence exists on a multiple level, not just on a two-dimensional level, not just having to be identified with what you do and what you say. ↗

— Ornette Coleman

#exists #having #human #human existence #identified

A man may devote himself to death and destruction to save a nation; but no nation will devote itself to death and destruction to save mankind. ↗

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

#destruction #devote #himself #itself #man

Mountains were once my big adventure but is is over since a long time; I still dream from the wonderful days sometimes, read also a few pages from a mountain book. But the thought of doing again active mountain climbing has faded. ↗

— Fritz Zwicky

#adventure #again #also #big #big adventure

I was inspired to do anything I could to get out of what I was doing... today, I'm motivated to pay the bills. ↗

— Terry Zwigoff

#bills #could #doing #get #i

If movies are causing moral decay, then crime ought to be going up, but crime is going down. ↗

— Jack Valenti

#crime #decay #down #going #moral

I grew up in a conservative small town, and the gay characters I saw on TV and in movies when I was growing up were all flamboyant and obnoxious and sometimes kind of annoying. ↗

— Chris Colfer

#characters #conservative #flamboyant #gay #grew

I was made fun of a lot in high school because of the way I sound and the way I was. ↗

— Chris Colfer

#fun #high #high school #i #lot

An accent in a way can be an entry into a character. ↗

— Toni Collette

#character #entry #into #way