#names

The thing about influence is that any composer worth anything will give you the same names. ↗

— Harrison Birtwistle

#any #anything #composer #give #influence

Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to other characters living with him. ↗

— Mel Brooks

#being #characters #every #give #him

And the Blue Angels are coming back to scare the local population. I remember seeing old Vietnamese women ducking under the benches in Washington Square; they thought they were back in the war. ↗

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

#back #benches #blue #coming #i

We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

#books #contempt #desire #even #glory

The industry does have some influence on who gets other awards. With the Mercury Prize, they don't. Jon comes from the business, but his heart is still very much in the music. Currently, we have about 12 major names that have said they want to be a part of MUDDA. ↗

— Peter Gabriel

#awards #business #comes #currently #does

I was with some Vietnamese recently, and some of them were smoking two cigarettes at the same time. That's the kind of customers we need! ↗

— Jesse Helms

#customers #i #kind #need #recently

I could give you some names of Workshop participants who are as good as many who are being published but haven't had the right editor recognize their merit or have not been adequately published. ↗

— James Gunn

#been #being #could #editor #give

I had a very tough childhood. I came here from Italy in the '70s and didn't speak a word of English, so the kids at school tormented me. Truly, it was horrifying the names they called me, and the teachers never really did a thing to stop it. ↗

— Giada De Laurentiis

#came #childhood #did #english #had

I wanted to make a human monster. His name is Coffin Baby. The idea is based on a group of people from Pasadena whose names I can't mention. His mother died and during the funeral, this baby came out of her in the coffin. ↗

— Tobe Hooper

#based #came #coffin #died #during

Names and theoretical things don't occur to me. If they do, I'm not doing my real playing mode. ↗

— Lee Konitz

#i #me #mode #names #occur