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ABC had all these schlocky, bubblegum acts, and we had to come up with suitable material for them. In which we were amazingly unsuccessful. Walter Becker

Suitable ABC Had Unsuccessful Come Material Were Amazingly Up Which Them Acts

Our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life, necessary for everyone in a civilized society. Walter Gropius

I've always had an abundance of material about the subjects of my biographies. Walter Isaacson

About Had Abundance Always Material Subjects Biographies

A writer is someone who tells you one thing so someday he can tell his readers another thing: what he was thinking but declined to say, or what he would have thought had he been wiser. A writer turns his life into material, and if you're in his life, he uses yours, too. Walter Kirn

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In fact, quantitative findings of any material and energy changes preserve their full context only through their being seen and understood as parts of a natural order. Walter Rudolf Hess

Natural Seen Energy Changes Only Fact Through Parts Quantitative Material Context Understood Any Being In Fact Order Natural Order Full Preserve

The material particle nature of primary cosmic radiation has been confirmed, although the processes turned out to be extraordinarily more complicated than we had assumed. Walther Bothe

Nature Complicated Assumed Extraordinarily Out Has-Been Cosmic More Had Primary Particle Although Material Been Than Confirmed Processes Turned Radiation

I don't like doing the same material over and over again. It's not fun. Wanda Sykes

Over Like Material Doing Same Again Fun

I'm constantly preparing. Material hits me; I'm always writing. I go back and listen to my shows and just prepare and put my set together. But the day of, I like to have some downtime. A nice lunch is important for me. Wanda Sykes

A lot of the early Washed Out material was done on a couple of synthesizers that did most of the work, but that's the great thing about synths - you can recreate sounds or make an entire record with just one piece of gear. Washed Out

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Dancers can get to see almost everything now. When I used to go into companies to make a piece, the dancers had hardly ever seen my work. Now they can watch it on YouTube. It means they're much faster at picking up material. Wayne McGregor

Work Seen YouTube Faster Dancers Everything See Had Picking Almost Almost Everything Piece Make Material Go Up Get Much Means Used Companies Now Ever Hardly Watch

Coming out of school, sometimes people can be theater snobs. I only wanted to do theater, highbrow stuff. But what I learned very quickly is there can be good material in every genre. Wendell Pierce

Good People Sometimes School Every Good Material Out Only Highbrow Stuff Genre Learned Material Coming Very Quickly Wanted Theater

Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen. Willa Cather

Age Before Writer Most Material Acquired Fifteen Works Basic

It is the artist's function not to copy but to synthesise: to eliminate from that gross confusion of actuality which is his raw material whatever is accidental, idle, irrelevant, and select for perpetuation that only which is appropriate and immortal. William Ernest Henley

I don't think that the war serves U.S. interests. I think Osama bin Laden's interests and the Iranian interests are very much served by it, and it's becoming a huge drain on our resources both material and political. William Odom

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I'm delighted that 'The Sound of Music' is doing so well. Of course, it's an infallible piece of material. Even when second- and third-rate road companies were doing the play, they did enormous business. William Wyler

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It's fun to deliver material on live TV because it's more off-the-cuff, but I like writing better. You really can measure the joke, think an extra second and nail the right reference. Willie Geist

It's very hard to find critics or a magazine today that will publish material that is genuinely independent and written without any concern about being cut off some distributor's list or not be invited or flown into screenings. Wim Wenders

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It's also a question of finding good material and interesting roles. I'm not the only actress out there, and good parts just don't fall into your lap that easily. But I like most of the films I've made recently and so I'm pretty positive about the future. Winona Ryder

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I think when you write something as standup material, it forces you to think about how you're gonna tell that story in one way, and then, when you get the opportunity to shoot it, you almost have to reframe how you go about it and rethink the entire process. Wyatt Cenac

The thing that I've always been slightly frustrated with, was that the idea of a CD is kind of confined to a material possession that you can put on a shelf. And the idea of music, for me, is always about both the communication and the sharing of content. And so the interactive part is missing. Yo-Yo Ma

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'Material' is meant to be a fun, lighthearted song about the tiny bit of materialism that's in all of us. The message is meant to translate the notion that you don't need luxury items to feel special; you already are special. Yuna

I love wild, baroque, slightly excessive theatrical ideas, and because television needs so much material, there's a chance to get some of those odd ideas done. Yvette Mimieux

Love Needs Wild Slightly Those Television Some Excessive Ideas Because Material Odd Get Done Theatrical Much Baroque Chance

I am totally unattached to material items. Zac Posen

Totally Material Am Items

When you make and drape clothing, the scissors are your tool. What can I say about them? They're my babies. And you have to take care of them correctly. You have to have them sharpened, and you can't use them for any other material. Zac Posen

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