Theme Quotes - Page 34

• We're going to talk about the big things that matter, which are the little things, really. For me, Stars has always had one overarching theme, which is, we're all bastards, but God loves us anyway, whatever God means to you.

  Torquil Campbell

  Stars, Mean, Littles

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Acknowledging that we lose is the overarching theme in everything in Stars. To me, that's what punk means. Stars is a punk band because we acknowledge loss. We're not trying to win. We're not trying to project victory. You win alone. I'm not interested in singing for the one winner in the room; I'm interested in singing for all of the losers in the room.

  Torquil Campbell

  Stars, Mean, Loss

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• It's a myth that you need to understand all the ins and outs of music. The ideal scenario is you have a conceptual, directorial conversation about what you're trying to achieve in a theme and then trust your composer to go ahead and do that.

  Henry Jackman

  Trying, Needs, Achieve

  Source: collider.com

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• When I'm writing a theme song for a TV show I always think, "What would be Pavlovian where a kid would be in the kitchen, or an adult would be in the kitchen, and they hear the theme song come on and it would draw them back to the other room so that they would watch the show?"

  Mark Mothersbaugh

  Song, Writing, Kids

  Source: collider.com

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• If there's a theme in my work, it's that I like to focus on smart people who are facing oppression and who are fighting back against it.

  Molly Crabapple

  Smart, Fighting, People

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• The feeling of being an outsider, and the identity theme, are hardwired into me. If there's anything really autobiographical in my fiction, it's that feeling. I always feel that way.

  Dan Chaon

  Feelings, Identity, Fiction

  "The Rumpus Interview With Dan Chaon". Interview with Molly Antopol, therumpus.net. September 15, 2009.

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• I've often had the fortune to work on projects with a small theme I find very interesting enough to pursue and to be passionate about in the context of the story, then it may turn out there's a universality about my character which still resonates with many people as well.

  Chiwetel Ejiofor

  Character, People, Interesting

  Source: aalbc.com

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• The Pink Panther is legendary, but a lot of people my age haven't ever seen the original. So, I think it's great to bring it back for my generation, and to expose them to where that theme song which still sounds so modern and that legendary image of a pink cat came from. It's great to be a part of that, because it's history.

  Beyonce Knowles

  Song, Cat, Thinking

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• If a person just takes what is socio-political and geographical from the themes of my films then that's not enough. But if the person goes out of the theatre and, for example, makes the dinner he's eating later on, extra nice then I feel that I have succeeded. We have this urge to anaesthetize the moment we're living in.

  Elia Suleiman

  Nice, Political, Theatre

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• My most recent project has been acting and dancing on VH1's TV series Hit the Floor. On the show, we perform at least one dance number an episode. They are all different themes and different dance styles and keep us literally on our toes. The show is exuberant, exciting, and full of scandal. Tune in and I know you'll get addicted.

  Allison Holker

  Numbers, Dancing, Style

  Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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• If you can have a show that has quite strong morals and cover important themes but be able to put them out to a broad audience, that's an interesting thing.

  Ed Speleers

  Strong, Interesting, Important

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• There were some particular themes that I knew I wanted to hit, and when I got deeper into the project I found that it was becoming serious in and on its own. By the end, it's not very funny at all. I think, now, that part of the power of the book is that the jokes are kind of sparkly distractions.

  Moshe Kasher

  Book, Thinking, Becoming

  Interview with Marah Eakin, www.avclub.com. June 6, 2012.

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• In keeping with the theme of "I got my hands on," my brother and I would listen to The Diceman Cometh. That was the dirtiest thing we'd ever heard, and we could listen to that at full volume without fear of penalty, because my mom couldn't hear that either. I wasn't a huge comedy fan growing up, but I definitely listened to Andrew Dice Clay a lot.

  Moshe Kasher

  Mom, Brother, Growing Up

  Interview with Marah Eakin, www.avclub.com. June 6, 2012.

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• I don't think we really planned it ahead of time but rather oozed out of our pores. All three of the demonstrative themes of Corrosion of Conformity are on there. The Hardcore/Punk from the 80's, the late 80's/early 90's mathy metal and finally the more Pepper, swampy/doomy stuff. We love all three so that's what came out on the album and I think it came out magically.

  Reed Mullin

  Thinking, Albums, Three

  Source: theindiespiritualist.com

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• One of the consistent themes you'll find throughout the Bible is that God will always provide the necessary information about Jesus Christ to someone who sincerely desires to receive that revelation.

  Robert Jeffress

  Jesus, Desire, Information

  Source: www.biblegateway.com

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• The use of neuroscientific data to help resolve phenomenological questions is proving a common theme in much contemporary thinking about the mind. How rich are the contents of visual perception? Does vision only tell us about shapes and colours, or does it also represent higher categories like lemon or umbrella?

  David Papineau

  Thinking, Data, Mind

  "Physical". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. April 8, 20.

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• The specifics of the platform, I don`t think, are necessarily going to be written by Bernie Sanders, but the themes of the platform are going to be written by Bernie Sanders.

  Steve Kornacki

  Thinking, Platforms, Written

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• I think Bernie's [Sanders] setting a direction in the way that [Barry] Goldwater when he lost - I'm not saying he's going to lose. We don't know what is going to happen. It's early. But I think he's already set a lot of themes.

  Chris Matthews

  Thinking, Way, Lost

  Source: www.msnbc.com

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• I'm very surprised at Carol didn't get a best picture. Todd Haynes is an Academy darling, his period pieces are nothing short of brilliant, and they hold up. And I definitely feel like Carol speaks to, even though it's set in the past, it speaks to themes we're dealing with in life right now. It's really really shocking that it didn't get it.

  Bun B

  Past, Pieces, Brilliant

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• Sometime during the 1990s, when I was teaching philosophy at UCSD, my friend, colleague, and music teacher, Carol Plantamura, discussed the possibility of teaching a course together looking at ways in which various literary works (plays, stories, novels) had been treated as operas, and how different themes emerged in the opera and in its original. One of the pairings we planned to use was Mann's great novella and Britten's opera. Unfortunately, the course was never taught, but the idea remained with me.

  Philip Kitcher

  Teacher, Philosophy, Teaching

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• First, my frame of reference for the Britten opera shifted. I'd always thought of Britten's approach in Death in Venice as another exploration of the plight of the individual whose aspirations are at odds with those of the surrounding community: his last opera returning to the themes of Peter Grimes. As I read and listened and thought, however, Billy Budd came to seem a more appropriate foil for Death in Venice.

  Philip Kitcher

  Odds, Venice, Community

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• Think about Mann's own daily routine (ascribed to Aschenbach), read the extant diaries and the letters in which he discusses the novella's themes, and it won't be so obvious that the attraction to Tadzio is completely unprecedented; it also won't be obvious that what Aschenbach wants is full sexual contact.

  Philip Kitcher

  Thinking, Routine, Diaries

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• The "little theme" from Vinteuil, heard by Swann as emblematic of his love for Odette, remains a point of reference for him, as the character of that love changes and as the love eventually fades.

  Philip Kitcher

  Character, Littles, His Love

  Source: www.3ammagazine.com

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• Though energy and inspiration diminish, experience grows - the theme of parents and kids, for instance.

  Steve Erickson

  Inspiration, Kids, Parent

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• Shambhala existed in Tibet and has been continued over the years, and now it is in the West. At its core, it is very much dedicated to the basic theme of benefiting others.

  Sakyong Mipham

  Years, West, Dedicated

  "Earth Protector: An Interview with Sakyong Mipham (complete interview)". Interview with Ray Hemachandra, rayhemachandra.com. July 30, 2015.

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