Pianists don't argue too much generally because we have such a hard time just getting things right; arguing is for string players.
It is not possible, given any degree of optimism and generosity in regard to people in general, to set a time limit on creative reflection or a limitation on the number of people involved in the creation.
I had the story, bit by bit, from various people, and, as generally happens in such cases, each time it was a different story.
I remember the 1940s as a time when we were united in a way known only to that generation. We belonged to a common cause-the war.
Let no vandalism of avarice or neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations, that we have forgotten, as a people, the cost of a free and undivided Republic.
When economic conditions are difficult, people tend to be less generous and protect themselves; the question of solidarity doesn't mean much to them at that time.
Every generation has someone who steps outside the norm and offers a voice for the unspeakable attitudes of that time. I represent everything that's supposed to be wrong, everything that's forbidden.
With the general availability of Windows 8/RT and Surface, I have decided it is time for me to take a step back from my responsibilities at Microsoft.
I would like to spare the time and effort of hack reviewers and, generally, persons who move their lips when reading.
I think that America in general is piratical. Every time we accept a paycheck for doing almost nothing, allowing us to live above the poverty line, we're engaging in piracy.
The results of ethnic psychology constitute, at the same time, our chief source of information regarding the general psychology of the complex mental processes.
My father was like the Old Testament. I am the New Testament. I am part of a new generation. In time, people will realize this.
Trouble is, kids feel they have to shock their elders and each generation grows up into something harder to shock.
If my characters travel somewhere, I generally write about a place I know to give the scenes more authenticity.
As a general truth, it is safe to say that any picture that produces a moral impression is a bad picture.
In general, I've been treated well by reviews, and there are times when I haven't. The truth is that I've come to feel like I'm better off without reading them.
General Munro: The Mondoshawans never fully trusted the human race.
Title: There were two loves in his life: his engine and... [cut to his sweetheart's photograph]
[first title card] Title: The Western and Atlantic Flyer speeding into Marietta, Ga., in the Spring of 1861.
Major General Colt: Hey, did you lose my aerial photographs?
[about General Hasegawa] Algren: He fought with the Samurai? Simon Graham: He IS Samurai.