Kurt Masur Quotes
As I came to New York, it was for me a new beginning. To discover what people are living here. What do they need, what do they expect, what would they like to be the image and the performance of the New York Philharmonic?
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I'm a big handbag lover and will always have one with me.
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The ruling ideas of each age have ever been the ideas of its ruling class.
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Can you think of anything more permanently elating than to know that you are on the right road at last?
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The experience of being on a show that is very much in the center of popular culture is exciting. You really feel like you're reaching people.
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I have been interested in fashion since I was a kid. Then I lived in London, where it was more about costume and a personal statement of who you are than about fashion.
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A company is not accountable just to its owners, but to its workers and its customers.
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The fact that 35 percent of all American giving went to religious organizations in 2010 reflects how closely bound many of us are with our place of worship.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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When you make a movie, you really have to be clever and smart, find something new for the worldwide audience because you aren't making a movie for just France or Germany; it's for everyone in the world.
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After six years at Le Cirque, I decided to start my own business. I opened Daniel at 76th Street in May '93.
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I'm gonna sing, and I'm going to make me a lot of money.
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Thankfully, it became clear to me that when I compete, I lose my connection to the passion I have for my work.
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I've been brought up with the Christian faith with my family.
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If we knew about the real facts and statistics of mortality, we'd be terrified.
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We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.
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I think it's a loser's mentality to get happy with somebody losing.
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I'm obsessed with those old romance films. I also would love to venture into the silent film world. I think that's extremely compelling and interesting and really relies on the acting, even more so than when you have an actor speaking.
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It is like the seed put in the soil - the more one sows, the greater the harvest.
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Basically, Aristotle believed that every time you behaved unkind and immorally - performing actions your soul was not proud of - you tarnished your soul. The worst shape your soul became in, the worst shape your mood and spirit.
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Creative people are more prone to depression.
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So while it is true that children are exposed to more information and a greater variety of experiences than were children of the past, it does not follow that they automatically become more sophisticated. We always know much more than we understand, and with the torrent of information to which young people are exposed, the gap between knowing and understanding, between experience and learning, has become even greater than it was in the past.
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I was a Social Science major in college, with an emphasis in secondary education. I took as many courses on the American colonial era and westward expansion as I could. This turned out to be wonderful preparation for writing fantasy novels.
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Once you start playing 'Call of Duty,' you better watch out, because before you know it, you've lost four or five hours out of your day.
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As I came to New York, it was for me a new beginning. To discover what people are living here. What do they need, what do they expect, what would they like to be the image and the performance of the New York Philharmonic?
