#pera

When my opera Plump Jack was performed in 1989, my first piano teacher sent me something that I'd composed when I was four. I remember I played it, and it still sounded like me. I'm the same composer I was then. ↗

— Gordon Getty

#composer #first #four #i #i remember

The change began in Somalia, where we discovered that we were involved in an operation where there was no peace, so there was no more a peacekeeping operation because there was no peace. ↗

— Boutros Boutros-Ghali

#began #change #discovered #involved #more

It's impossible to move, to live, to operate at any level without leaving traces, bits, seemingly meaningless fragments of personal information. ↗

— William Gibson

#any #bits #fragments #impossible #information

Industry has operated against the artisan in favor of the idler, and also in favor of capital and against labor. Any mechanical invention whatsoever has been more harmful to humanity than a century of war. ↗

— Remy de Gourmont

#also #any #artisan #been #capital

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police and CSIS have provided extraordinary co-operation, as I mentioned earlier. ↗

— Paul Cellucci

#co-operation #earlier #extraordinary #i #mentioned

I was about 26 or 27 and it was imperative that I make a living right away and it's hard to make a living on stage, so I started in television and film. ↗

— David Duchovny

#away #film #hard #i #imperative

One must always hope when one is desperate, and doubt when one hopes. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#desperate #doubt #hope #hopes #must

When quick results are imperative, the manipulation of the masses through symbols may be the only quick way of having a critical thing done. ↗

— John Grierson

#done #having #imperative #manipulation #masses

If one is desperate for love, I suggest looking at one's friends and family and see if love is all around. If not, get a new set of friends, a new family. ↗

— Jasmine Guy

#around #desperate #friends #friends and family #get

The essence of a role-playing game is that it is a group, cooperative experience. ↗

— Gary Gygax

#essence #experience #game #group