#rather

When I'm alone at home, I really prefer to listen to Wagner's orchestral music rather than any vocal music. I find it illuminating not to have to pay attention to voices in the recordings. ↗

— Kiri Te Kanawa

#any #attention #find #home #i

The trouble with being a ghostwriter or artist is that you must remain rather anonymously without credit. If one wants the credit, one has to cease being a ghost and become a leader or innovator. ↗

— Bob Kane

#artist #become #being #cease #credit

I would rather have been beaten up in the media than live a life that wasn't happy. ↗

— Kim Kardashian

#been #happy #i #life #live

We have the script, we have the actors, and we're trying to figure out what this is, and you don't know what it is. You have to be open to what it's going to become rather than have this thing that you're trying to get to, which is boring. ↗

— Charlie Kaufman

#boring #figure #get #going #know

When I'm writing, I'm trying to immerse myself in the chaos of an emotional experience, rather than separate myself from it and look back at it from a distance with clarity and tell it as a story. Because that's how life is lived, you know? ↗

— Charlie Kaufman

#because #chaos #clarity #distance #emotional

With a great poet the sense of Beauty overcomes every other consideration, or rather obliterates all consideration. ↗

— John Keats

#consideration #every #great #other #overcomes

As long as I can sing halfway decent, I'd rather sing than act. There's nothing like being in good voice, feeling good, having good numbers to do and having a fine orchestra. ↗

— Howard Keel

#being #decent #feeling #feeling good #fine

I would hope they would be our fellow artists, rather than trying to emulate or idolize clowns like us. ↗

— Maynard James Keenan

#clowns #emulate #fellow #hope #i

The characters emerge from my rather twisted mind. That's another enjoyable part of the job making stuff up. ↗

— Jonathan Kellerman

#characters #emerge #enjoyable #job #making

But because many endeavor to get knowledge rather than to live well, they are often deceived and reap little or no benefit from their labor. ↗

— Thomas a Kempis

#benefit #deceived #endeavor #get #knowledge