Sometimes the personality or just the particular process of a director can really affect your quality of life as a composer in terms of how much time you spend away from your family or the amount of time you spend doing the type of work that you maybe don't consider as fun to do as other type of work. ~Christophe Beck
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Everything is negotiable. Whether or not the negotiation is easy is another thing. ~Carrie Fisher
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Every great story seems to begin with a snake. ~Nicolas Cage
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Physically he was the connoisseur's connoisseur. He was a giant panda, Santa Claus and the Jolly Green Giant rolled into one. On him, a lean and slender physique would have looked like very bad casting. ~Craig Claiborne
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He who envies others does not obtain peace of mind. ~Zen Proverb
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A great war leaves the country with three armies: an army of cripples, an army of mourners, and an army of thieves. ~German Proverb
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Kindness is a language which the blind can see and the deaf can hear. ~African Proverb
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A man with a loud laugh makes truth itself seem folly, truth is great and will win out. ~Irish Proverb
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Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving. ~Zen Proverb
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Water which is too pure has no fish. ~Zen Proverb
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Enjoy yourself. It is later than you think. ~Chinese Proverb
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To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~Zen Proverb
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The most important point is to accept yourself and stand on your two feet. ~Zen Proverb
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A man who continually laments is not heeded. ~African Proverb
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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Do not ask God to guide your footsteps if you are not willing to move your feet. ~English Proverb
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Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ~English Proverb
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Hope springs eternal. ~American Proverb
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When the pupil is ready to learn, a teacher will appear. ~Zen Proverb
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It is better to practice a little than talk a lot. ~Zen Proverb
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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Do not speak of secrets in a field that is full of little hills. ~Hebrew Proverb
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Where there is great doubt, there will be great awakening; small doubt, small awakening, no doubt, no awakening. ~Zen Proverb
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