“A bully is fighting out of a need to dominate. And is usually unwilling to take the consequences.” Quote by Keith Olbermann
“Anything that prevents you from taking an action or actions that might reasonably dispel legitimate anxieties. Fear is what paralyzes you.” MightActionAnxiety Author:Keith Olbermann
“Wanting to be on television is a mental illness. Wanting to be president of the United States, wanting to be an actor - these are degrees of the same mental illness. If you need to be approved of simultaneously by more people than are in this room now, there's a problem.” PeopleIfsNeedsStatesProblemActorsPresidentUnitedRoomsUnited StatesTelevisionDegreesIllnessMental IllnessApproved Author:Keith Olbermann
“My last sort of crisis was about overcoming the people who were more interested in what I had done than what I was doing in the present.” PeopleDoneLastsOvercomingCrisis Author:Keith Olbermann
“I don't think there are huge divergences between my personality and what they see on TV. And I think that's why I have been gainfully employed doing this. I'll always deliver what an employer wants.” ThinkingWantHas BeensTvsHugePersonalityEmployedEmployersDivergence Author:Keith Olbermann
“In the pop world, instead of saying I want to get an album by such and such a group, it's I like this particular tune and that one I like less. I think it's much better to get involved with an artist instead of riding up and down the works you like and disregard the works you don't like.” ThinkingWorldWantArtistGroupsParticularInvolvedAlbumsPopsTunesRidingUp And DownGet InvolvedDisregard Author:Steve Reich
“I'm not making any absurd comparisons between myself and Bach, but I aspire to that, that my music will have the legs to survive whatever context it finds itself in.” LegsAbsurdComparisonAspire Author:Steve Reich
“All great music is contemporary. If it's still alive and kicking, then it's contemporary. If it fades away, it was a period piece. It had its moment, and that was it.” IfsStillsMomentsPiecesAlivePeriodsMusic IsContemporaryFadesKickingGreat MusicFade Away Author:Steve Reich
“It's very important for any artist, in any field, to take their own temperature and check out their own energy, and see what it is they ought to be doing to keep the energy up. Because if your energy is not up, you're going to come up with some really dreary piece of work that no one's going to enjoy.” IfsImportantArtistEnergyEnjoyPiecesFieldsOughtCome UpChecksTemperatureDreary Author:Steve Reich
“I've learned over the years that geography is not that important, except that I seem to work better in the country than the city. I get more done. There's just less happening around me, and I have more time and concentration to work on music.” YearsImportantCountryDoneSeemsCitiesHappeningsI've LearnedConcentrationMore TimeGeography Author:Steve Reich