#stan

When I became the chair of the British Film Institute, I didn't understand how much of my time would be taken up with trying to make a case for the British Film Institute: what it's for, why it exists, why it needs its money. ↗

— Anthony Minghella

#british #case #chair #exists #film

I've been doing everything I can to reach out and understand why people voted against me. They were trying to send a message. I have to be more sensitive in the way I express myself, and I have to be more thoughtful in the positions I take. ↗

— James P. Moran

#been #doing #everything #express #i

I like to hear melodies that go from one extreme to the next- saxophone to a bell to a whistle, for instance. ↗

— Roscoe Mitchell

#extreme #go #hear #i #instance

The conductor's stand is not a continent of power, but rather an island of solitude. ↗

— Riccardo Muti

#continent #island #power #rather #solitude

People talk about innovations and evolutions and that kind of thing; I don't understand about that nonsense. It's like, all instruments are there to use all the time. ↗

— Gerry Mulligan

#evolutions #i #innovations #instruments #kind

If you wait for inspiration you'll be standing on the corner after the parade is a mile down the street. ↗

— Ben Nicholas

#corner #down #inspiration #mile #parade

They were singing in French, but the melody was freedom and any American could understand that. ↗

— Audie Murphy

#any #could #freedom #french #melody

I am not a hereditary politician and do not have any substantial asset. ↗

— Yoshihiko Noda

#any #asset #hereditary #i #i am

Man is the creature of circumstances. ↗