Ian Anderson Quotes
It might work with one orchestra, and the next orchestra - the oboe player might not get it. It's different every time, but some of the orchestras do end up enjoying it and having a great time.
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Reading allows me to recharge my batteries.
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When one takes action for others, one's own suffering is transformed into the energy that can keep one moving forward; a light of hope illuminating a new tomorrow for oneself and others is kindled.
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If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar.
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When I told the people of Northern Ireland that I was an atheist, a woman in the audience stood up and said, 'Yes, but is it the God of the Catholics or the God of the Protestants in whom you don't believe?
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Obviously, I never want to make the same record twice. I want to keep moving forward. That's the real challenge, I think.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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Corruption is in society and in every strata of society.
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I didn't get a ton of interest from colleges in baseball and football, but I was outstanding in track and had the sense that this would be my meal ticket... Track was a sport where I saw immediate improvement, and I had a lot of good support behind me... and the coaches had a lot of experience and pushed me in that direction for sure.
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At any Maroon 5 concert, you'll see a room backstage marked 'yoga.'
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Working 40 hours a week used to mean a minimum standard of living and a foothold on the first rung of the economic ladder to the middle class.
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The journey matters as much as the goal.
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I had the most magical childhood, running free and going anywhere I wanted to in my head.
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I said I didn't want to spend most of my life in Holidays Inns, but I've checked and they've all been redecorated. They're marvelous places to stay and I've thought it over and that's where I'd like to be.
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Of course, no one has enough time to see every shop that Mumbai has: That would take more lifetimes than even the gods could offer.
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What is the natural reaction when told you have a hopeless mental illness? That diagnosis does you in; that, and the humiliation of being there. I mean, the indignity you're subjected to. My God.
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People call me a hermit. But I'm happy.
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I think feeling bitter or angry is really useless.
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I really like 'The Three Kings' DVD. I love that movie and all the extra footage and documentaries.
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Diplomacy in general does not resolve conflicts. Wars end not due to peace processes, but due to one side giving up.
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With stand-up, I can have an idea, go down the street to a comedy club and work on it, flesh it out, book a venue, people will come, then film it. I do all that myself; I never have to answer to anybody.
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I think that the idea of reaching young girls that are in college is something that we are strongly open to because who better wants to know how to live a more purposeful life than people who are starting out?
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I was taught from a very early age that I had to work twice as hard to get half as much. That was the world I grew up in - a very strong work ethic.
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It might work with one orchestra, and the next orchestra - the oboe player might not get it. It's different every time, but some of the orchestras do end up enjoying it and having a great time.
