#favor

When I was 20, Shostakovich was my favorite composer. I still find his Fifth Symphony wonderful, with its outstanding themes and rhythms. That's the piece that made me want to be a classical composer. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#composer #favorite #fifth #find #his

Our country presents on every side the evidences of that continued favor under whose auspices it, has gradually risen from a few feeble and dependent colonies to a prosperous and powerful confederacy. ↗

— Martin Van Buren

#colonies #confederacy #continued #country #dependent

That's sort of like asking a parent who their favorite child is. It's very hard to determine. Sometimes I'll get feedback from somebody who liked this part of the show. Others like another part of the show. ↗

— Lance Burton

#asking #child #determine #favorite #feedback

I loved "Clueless." That was one of my favorite movies of all time. ↗

— Amanda Bynes

#favorite #i #loved #movies #time

My favorite time of day is to get up and eat leftovers from dinner, especially spicy food. ↗

— David Byrne

#day #dinner #eat #especially #favorite

For the past few years, I've been more selective than I have any right to be, but I think that's finally starting to work in my favor. I think I get way too much credit for making what people consider to be smart choices, but it's only because I made a decision to stop worrying about making money. ↗

— Lizzy Caplan

#any #because #been #choices #consider

I don't play favorites with people. My basic philosophy is that the only way to make the world a better place is by bringing something beautiful to every single person you run into at every moment of the day, so how can you play favorites with somebody? ↗

— John Zorn

#beautiful #better #better place #bringing #day

Krakow is one of my favorite places on earth. It is a medieval city full of young people. A wonderful, striking combination. ↗

— Jonathan Carroll

#combination #earth #favorite #full #medieval

Louis Pasteur said, 'Chance favors the prepared mind.' If you're really engaged in the writing, you'll work yourself out of whatever jam you find yourself in. ↗

— Michael Chabon

#engaged #favors #find #jam #louis

People in Michigan are good at separating fact from fiction. They know, better than most of the country, what happens to the economy and jobs when the scales are tipped too far in favor of one group over another. ↗

— Fred Upton

#better #country #economy #fact #far