Alexandre Desplat Quotes

#1. And then she left, and it broke my heart so completely I could hardly breathe.

Lauren Oliver

#2. In the Middle East today there are too many people consumed by political dreams and too few interested in practical plans. That is why, to paraphrase Winston Churchill's line about the Balkans, the region produces more history than it consumes.

Fareed Zakaria

#3. Certain voices heard
are heard
not because
they
are phonetic...

But,
from one soul
they head,
to another,
in the form of magic.
(Poem: When, When a not, Book: Ginger and Honey)

Jasleen Kaur Gumber

#4. The phenomenon of home schooling is a wonderful example of the American can-do attitude. Growing numbers of parents have become disenchanted with government-run public schools. Many parents have simply taken matters into their own hands, literally.

Steve Forbes

#5. Child slavery is a crime against humanity. Humanity itself is at stake here. A lot of work still remains, but I will see the end of child labor in my lifetime.

Kailash Satyarthi

#6. In so many ways, a lot of the drive I've had to do certain things has been because of this sense that I have both the opportunity and in some sense the obligation to ratify that my parents' life had purpose.

Marco Rubio

#7. A man can see by starlight, if he takes the time.

Michael Crichton

#8. There are so many parts of music that it's actually a pleasure for me to work with an orchestra, or a jazz band, or a choir, and use every element that the musical tool box can offer. The world of music I love so much, and I can change the costume depending on the part, and I'm actually in the film.

Alexandre Desplat

#9. There is no end. No wrong turn. No structure. Only space. You say: 'I am afraid I am going to hit a wall.' Well, guess what - it's made of space.

Bentinho Massaro

#10. For greed all nature is too little.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#11. It's very hard to understand what's happening in someone's brain and what goes into their experience and their death, and the music has to say a lot.

Alexandre Desplat

#12. We have been brainwashed into craving a diet that is killing us. What we believe tastes good is generally what we have been socially conditioned to enjoy.

Jane Velez-Mitchell

#13. All of my characters have a glint of madness.

Nicolas Cage

#14. I never thought the orchestra should be big.

Alexandre Desplat

#15. Being Southern and being the guy I've been all my life, I've lived more on the lighter side of life. I have a dark side, but that's not where I come from. A lot of artists like to come from that.

Josh Holloway

#16. I always wanted to be a film composer. So very early on I started collecting soundtracks and paying attention to how movie music works. Actually I'd like to have the opportunity to conduct for the rest of my life.

Alexandre Desplat

#17. Live TV would terrify anybody.

Hannah Simone

#18. When you eat, eat. When you sleep, sleep. When you fight, fight.

Matthew Woodring Stover

#19. As he read, I feel in love the way you fall asleep: slow, and then all at once.

John Green