#pro

The message here was not about indeterminacy, nor about immediacy, but about the control of sounds right there in your environment, and the process of composition as long-term growth of interests within that sound complex. ↗

— Tony Conrad

#complex #composition #control #environment #growth

A whole generation of Americans will retire in poverty instead of prosperity, because they simply are not preparing for retirement now. ↗

— Scott Cook

#generation #instead #now #poverty #preparing

I love writing and do not know why it is considered such a difficult, agonizing profession. ↗

— Caroline B. Cooney

#considered #difficult #i #i love #know

We weren't treated as prima-donnas. We had to roll up our sleeves and graft with the groundsman. Kids don't have to do anymore. That makes you appreciate things when it turns in your favour and you become a successful professional. ↗

— Colin Cooper

#appreciate #become #favour #had #kids

We continue to be exasperated by the view, apparently gaining momentum in certain circles, that armed robbery is okay as long as nobody gets hurt! The proper solution to armed robbery is a dead robber, on the scene. ↗

— Jeff Cooper

#armed #certain #circles #continue #dead

The police cannot protect the citizen at this stage of our development, and they cannot even protect themselves in many cases. It is up to the private citizen to protect himself and his family, and this is not only acceptable, but mandatory. ↗

— Jeff Cooper

#cannot #cases #citizen #development #even

I think sometimes you just need to play in this league. As a rookie coming out of college, you don't understand the real significance of being a pro unless you're playing other pros. It doesn't help you to play sporadically here or there. ↗

— Michael Cooper

#college #coming #help #here #i

Frank Capra was a prop man, I think. John Ford was a prop man. It was a little bit of a father and son thing, and you kind of worked your way up. ↗

— Francis Ford Coppola

#father #father and son #ford #frank #i

The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, "Is there a meaning to music?" My answer would be, "Yes." And "Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?" My answer to that would be, "No." ↗

— Aaron Copland

#asking #many #meaning #music #problem

Learning is an ornament in prosperity, a refuge in adversity, and a provision in old age. ↗

— Aristotle

#education #learning #old-age #prosperity #age