Quote by Brian Ferneyhough
When I left Europe in 1987 I did so with the thought that my relev

When I left Europe in 1987 I did so with the thought that my relevance as a composition teacher would benefit from a certain cool distance to certain tendencies I had been observing for several years with increasing disquiet. – Brian Ferneyhough

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Questioning the nature and implications of liminal instances necessarily involves failure, if only in the specifically technical sense of entering spaces where prevailing criteria of success scarcely apply. – Brian Ferneyhough

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When I speak of cycles, I am referring to lengthy intervals of relative homogeneity, if not in the resolving of problems, than at least with respect to the consistency of their capacity to productively irritate. – Brian Ferneyhough

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respect
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There would seem to be a limit, even for an art preoccupied with boundaries and transgressions, beyond which a work reaches its breaking point and becomes an actual failure, a mere experimentation. – Brian Ferneyhough

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I really wanted to do something positive on the Internet. I wanted to try to get young people talking about, thinking about, lifes big questions-make it cool and OK to wonder about the heart, the soul and free will and God and death and big topics like that, big human topics. – Rainn Wilson

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I want to speak up and tell you that mascara and clothes dont make you cool, neither do name-brand handbags, but being a leader can. – Renee Olstead

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I think its really cool how J. Los been able to balance an acting career and a music career. Thats something I strive for. – Victoria Justice

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Danger is cool. – Bryan Cranston

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I will show you fear in a handful of dust. – T. S. Eliot

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After every storm the sun will smile for every problem there is a solution, and the souls indefeasible duty is to be of good cheer. – William R. Alger

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The body is an instrument which only gives off music when it is used as a body. – Anaïs Nin

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