John Corigliano You become a great composer when you win a Pulitzer. But I think that now it’s a completely meaningless award. – John Corigliano Award Quotes Completely Quotes Composer Quotes Meaningless Quotes Pulitzer Quotes Win Quotes Eighty percent of my pieces gravitate towards an A, as a tonal thing, not at the beginning, but somewhere in it. I’m glad I won it because when I grew up the Pulitzer was the award that every composer wanted and I was like that too.
John Shelby Spong Christianity is, I believe, about expanded life, heightened consciousness and achieving a new humanity. It is not about closed minds, supernatural interventions, a fallen creation, guilt, original sin or divine rescue. – John Shelby Spong
Bernhard von Bulow This fact lays on us – so long as the maintenance of good relations with Russia seems to us worth an effort – the duty of satisfying Russia that she has no need to fear any invasion of her sphere of interests on Germany’s part. – Bernhard von Bulow
PoetryRobert Morgan Some people swear by writing courses, but whether it really helps American poetry, I have doubts. – Robert Morgan
Aaron Swartz Large corporations, of course, are blinded by greed. The laws under which they operate require it – their shareholders would revolt at anything less. – Aaron Swartz
Patti Smith Robert Mapplethorpe asked me to write our story the day before he died. I had never written a book of nonfiction, and so it took me almost two decades to write that book. – Patti Smith
Justin Hartley On a soap opera, you’ll do an episode and a half a day, and in prime time television, you’re hustling to get an episode done in eight days. That’s a little bit frustrating sometimes. But there’s also something exhilarating about it. It’s kind of like live theater in a way, where you get one crack at it. – Justin Hartley
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