Tunes Quotes - Page 10

• I was a barmaid for my mum for years, as we lived above a pub. I still can't hear the Heartbeat theme tune without breaking into a cold sweat, as it used to start at the same time as my shift.

  Sara Cox

  Heart, Years, Sweat

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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• A lot of times we associate Greenpeace and climate change and shrinking polar caps with heavy-handed, weighty material. It's somber stuff. But with Funny Or Die we thought we could put an interesting take on it. Make it a little more palatable, especially for young people who tune into the website.

  Alexander Skarsgard

  Interesting, People, Littles

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• It cannot be sufficiently emphasized that revolution is in vain unless inspired by its ultimate ideal. Revolutionary methods must be in tune with revolutionary aims.

  Emma Goldman

  Revolution, Inspired, Vain

  Emma Goldman (2003). “My Disillusionment in Russia”, p.262, Courier Corporation

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• When you feel the need for a spiritual lift, try getting to bed early and get up early to have a quiet time at dawn. Then carry the serene 'in tune' feeling that comes to you into your day, no matter what you may be doing.

  Peace Pilgrim

  Spiritual, Up Early, Feelings

  Peace Pilgrim (1992). “Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words”, p.77, Friends of Peace PIlgrim

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• The ensemble playing is as clean as a whistle. The band plays in tune and with dynamics. Also, there is some fine arranging and orchestrating going on here, and the soloists perform at top level.

  Horace Silver

  Play, Ensemble, Band

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• ...to tune the spirit when someone is trampling on you is called control

  Carlos Castaneda

  Spirit

  Carlos Castaneda (2013). “Fire from Within”, p.26, Simon and Schuster

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• Musicals are hard for me because I got thrown out of the glee club in high school, because I couldn't sing in tune at the time. I can sing in tune now, but I have to work really hard on it to make sure that I don't exercise one of my great talents, which is the ability to sing in three keys at the same time.

  Alan Alda

  School, Exercise, Keys

  "An Interview with TV Legend Alan Alda". "Pop Culture Passionistas" Interview, www.popculturepassionistasarchive.com. December 9, 2010.

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• Badfinger was pretty good. It was a very sad story, though, because the guy, he ended up killing himself, Pete Ham, who was a lovely fellow, he was a good guitar player and a great singer, he wrote, the most famous tune I would imagine is "Without You", you know the Harry Nilsson record.

  George Harrison

  Player, Guitar, Guy

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• We in the Congress have a moral and constitutional obligation to protect the value of the dollar and to understand why it is so important to the economy that a central bank not be given the unbelievable power of inflating a currency at will and pretending that it knows how to fine-tune an economy through this counterfeit system of money.

  Ron Paul

  Important, Dollars, Moral

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• Any asshole can write a tone-row. It takes a composer to write a tune.

  Leonard Bernstein

  Writing, Tone, Composer

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• There's a lot of stuff you've gotta know about Auto-Tune before you can start using it, because it's the hot thing to do.

  T-Pain

  Auto Tune, Hot, Stuff

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• A fiddler on the roof. Sounds crazy, no? But here, in our little village of Anatevka, you might say every one of us is a fiddler on the roof trying to scratch out a pleasant, simple tune without breaking his neck. It isn't easy. You may ask 'Why do we stay up there if it's so dangerous?' Well, we stay because Anatevka is our home. And how do we keep our balance? That I can tell you in one word: tradition!

  Sheldon Harnick

  Crazy, Home, Simple

  "Fictional character: Tevye". "Fiddler on the Roof", www.imdb.com. 1971.

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• Running Makes you more spiritually aware and in tune with your inner-self.

  Fauja Singh

  Running, Self, Inner Self

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• I met Jason Mraz when he had a concert in Korea as a cover contest winner of his songs! He was super nice to even tune the guitar that I also won from the contest for me and we decided to jam to one of his hit songs, ”Lucky”. I actually don’t remember how I was able to sing because I was so nervous at the time but it would also be a dream come true if i can have the honor to share the stage with Jason Mraz one day!

  Megan Lee

  Dream, Song, Nice

  "Interview with Megan Lee of Make It Pop!". Glitter Magazine Interview, glittermagrocks.com. March 25, 2015.

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• The regular rhythm and upbeat tunes of military music or marching bands positively affect your mood even if you don't actually 'enjoy' listening to it.

  Liz Miller

  Military, Listening, Band

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• Once upon a time there was a girl who discovered that if she played a certain tune on a jade flute, she could summon up jade gnomes, a peculiar, harmless, but rather creepy looking spirit of the underground. The fact is that many of us have talents like this, but generally never discover them due to lack of opportunity, since one can go one's entire life without playing a jade flute, or discovering that one can speak the language of ground sloths, or turning fruitcake into solid tungsten by singing Sinatra tunes to it under a quarter moon.

  Ursula Vernon

  Girl, Moon, Opportunity

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• What is called 'capitalism' might more accurately be called consumerism. It is the consumers who call the tune, and those capitalists who want to remain capitalists have to learn to dance to it.

  Thomas Sowell

  Want, Might, Consumerism

  Thomas Sowell (2010). “Basic Economics 4th Ed: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy”, p.201, Basic Books

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• After the risky mortgage-lending practices fostered by government intervention led to massive defaults and foreclosures that caused financial institutions to collapse or be bailed out, Congressman Frank changed his tune completely.

  Thomas Sowell

  Government, Practice, Financial

  Thomas Sowell (2011). “Dismantling America and Other Controversial Essays (Large Print 16pt)”, p.21, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• But the world of Despicable Me is such a cartoony world. It is much more Looney Tunes than I would say the Pixar world or those movies. We can get away with a little more, although I know some people responded negatively to the Iron Maiden beat in the first movie where it looks like Edith.

  Cinco Paul

  Iron, People, Looks

  Source: collider.com

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• Part of [having uncommon sense] is being able to tune out folly, as opposed to recognizing wisdom. If you bat away many things, you don't clutter yourself.

  Charlie Munger

  Common Sense, Bats, Able

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• Don't go running off at the mouth. Let the picture tell the story. No one tunes in to hear you broadcast the game, except maybe your mother or your wife.

  Marty Glickman

  Mother, Running, Games

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• You might not feel like playing pretty all the time. Instead, you might want to play something nasty....you might want to play something out of context with the tune. It might be a note that creates so much tension it becomes unpleasant, but you want it to sound that way.

  George Benson

  Play, Sound, Want

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• When you dance, your body just wants to find its natural weight. I'm naturally a lot more Tommy Tune than I am Wolverine.

  Hugh Jackman

  Weight, Body, Want

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• I've started a little independent record label called 'Six String Productions' and recorded a couple of tunes, and I hope to do some more with some future artists next year. It's a real passion project of mine.

  Tom Felton

  Couple, Real, Independent

  "Tom Felton Interview HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS – PART 1; Plus an Update on RISE OF THE APES". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. November 22, 2010.

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• You can be Mitt Romney with three marriages and a disastrous speakership, kicked out of the speakership, being reprimanded by the House of Representatives and fined and all that stuff, it doesn`t matter if you sing the right tune with the right tone these days.

  Chris Matthews

  House, Three, Matter

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

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