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self creative tone
Our peasant music, naturally, is invariably tonal, if not always in the sense that the inflexible major and minor system is tonal. (An "atonal" folk-music, in my opinion, is unthinkable.) Since we depend upon a tonal basis of this kind in our creative work, it is quite self-evident that our works are quite pronouncedly tonal in type. I must admit, however, that there was a time when I thought I was approaching a species of twelve-tone music. Yet even in works of that period the absolute tonal foundation is unmistakable. Bela Bartok
self abandon one-thing
The one thing which you have to abandon unconditionally is your self. Bede Griffiths
self self-respect world
Learn to live in this world with self-respect B. R. Ambedkar
self society devil
Avoid self-righteousness like the devil- nothing is so self-blinding. B. H. Liddell Hart
selfish damn-you ideas
I've had only one idea in my life - a true idee fixe. To put it as bluntly as possible - the idea of having my own way. 'Control!' expresses it. The control of human behavior. In my early experimental days it was a frenzied, selfish desire to dominate. I remember the rage I used to feel when a prediction went awry. I could have shouted at the subjects of my experiments, 'Behave, damn you! Behave as you ought! B. F. Skinner
self behavior given
A self is a repertoire of behavior appropriate to a given set of contingencies. B. F. Skinner
self knowing done
I've rarely done anything that's overtly self-destructive without consciously knowing what I'm doing. And then of course, the astute journalist jumps forward and says, "Why are you being calculated?" Calculated seems to assume a sinister intent. My intent is always for artistic effect. Billy Corgan
self decision behavior
To understand ourself, we must understand our "selves," or the parts of us that motivate our thoughts, decisions, and behaviors. Bill Crawford
self-confidence keys knowing
The key to self-confidence is knowing that you would choose you... and why. In this way the chosen becomes the chooser, and love versus fear becomes the energy of choice. Bill Crawford
theatre lines praying
Pray to God and say the lines. Bette Davis
theatre definitions paint
I like the theatre because you paint with broad strokes. To me the theatre is stretching its definition really far. Ajay Naidu
theatre
We didn't have a movie theatre until I was about nine, so I just didn't see them. But, once I got into movies I loved them. Billy Bob Thornton
theatre agents television
When I choose projects, I don't stipulate between film or theatre or television. I receive scripts and I read scripts - and when I read a script that's good, I then get married to it and talk to my agent about what happens next. Dominic Monaghan
theatre actors chess
We can compare classical chess and rapid chess with theatre and cinema - some actors don't like the latter and prefer to work in the theatre. Boris Spassky
theatre sound backgrounds
I have mainly come from a theatre background, I did 'Oliver' here I played the Artful Dodger and I did 'The Sound of Music. Ben Nicholas
theatre theater fascinating
The theater is so endlessly fascinating because it's so accidental. It's so much like life. Arthur Miller
theatre legends firsts
My first Broadway show was with Elizabeth Taylor and Maureen Stapleton. Maureen Stapleton, a legend in the theatre; Elizabeth Taylor, a legend, period. Dennis Christopher
theatre acting half
One half of the pleasure experienced at a theatre arises from the spectator's sympathy with the rest of the audience, and, especially from his belief in their sympathy with him. Edgar Allan Poe
actors chance yeah
Me being an actor was an accident, and not something I wanted to do, because I knew what happened eventually. Yeah, maybe you'd get famous, but then you wouldn't be famous anymore. Then you'd have to scramble to get back to where you were, and chances are, you wouldn't. Carrie Fisher
actors may behave
Actors may know how to act, but a lot of them don't know how to behave. Carrie Fisher
actors hollywood being-the-best
I'll probably never be the best actor in Hollywood, but I hope to be the hardest working. Ashton Kutcher
actors landscape able
Part of the work is determining through what instrument you are playing. Actors are physical, olympian storytellers and we should be able to create entire landscapes with nothing. Ajay Naidu
actors scene bigs
Even in the big movies, if the scenes are very big, I'm not fond of them as much as I'm fond of small actor scenes. Ayelet Zurer
actors form
I find that most of us actors can't stand ourselves in any form. Benjamin Bratt
actors method i-can
I'm not a method actor. I can't even explain so much what I do. Carice van Houten
actors directors process
Actors are accustomed to doing exactly what the director or writer requests us to do, and rarely get involved in that part of the process. Catherine McCormack
actors great-actors knows
I know many great actors who have small heads. Catherine Keener