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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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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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With respect to the respective French and German traditions you are no doubt correct, although I am reluctant to see individual achievement reduced to archetypes. – 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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The problem to me is violence. Its not cool to kill somebody or hurt people. – Mark Ruffalo

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I think the great sketch shows, like Python and Mr. Show, they didnt stick around for very long. Theres something kind of cool about that. – Tim Heidecker

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People spend hours constantly checking and tweeting and Facebooking. And its cool to check up on your friends and see whats going on in the world, but its not cool to spend five hours of your day on the computer looking at the Internet. – Ty Segall

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