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That was one of the big problems when I was at Harvard studying music. We had to write choral pieces in the style of Brahms or Mendelssohn, which was distressing because in the end you realized how good Brahms is, and how bad you are. ↗

— Elliott Carter

#because #big #big problems #brahms #distressing

Well when I was young, when I was very young, when I was a little boy I don't remember the music I heard, but there was an article in the Brooklyn Daily written by my Aunt about how I could choose phonograph records. ↗

— Elliott Carter

#article #aunt #boy #brooklyn #choose

That's what every young kid thinks about when they first put on a uniform - is to play in the Major League and then, ultimately, play in a World Series. To me, that was the ultimate, winning in '86. ↗

— Gary Carter

#every #first #kid #league #major

I think that came out of watching all those serious movies for all that time. If you watch a movie like Zero Hour, Sterling Hayden is pretty funny, and so are the guys in the cockpit. ↗

— David Zucker

#cockpit #funny #guys #hayden #hour

To be 49 years old now and still be called The Kid, that's kind of special. ↗

— Gary Carter

#kid #kind #now #old #special

You become very angry and depressed that you keep getting offered only these exceedingly demure and repressed roles. They're so not me. That's why films like Fight Club were so important to me because I think I confounded certain stereotypes and limited perceptions of what I could do as an actress. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#angry #because #become #certain #club

What I did, you know, being away from my family, letting so many people down. I let myself down, not being out on the football field, being in a prison bed, in a prison bunk, writing letters home, you know. That wasn't my life. ↗

— Michael Vick

#bed #being #bunk #did #down

Because I sleep with him he asked me to audition, you know? ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#audition #because #him #i #know

Fairytales have always got to have that scary quality, as long as you make them laugh. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#fairytales #got #laugh #long #make

I don't think kids have a problem with death. It's us older ones who are nearer to it, that start being frightened. ↗

— Helena Bonham Carter

#death #frightened #i #kids #nearer