Kurt Masur Quotes
I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor.
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I don't keep people around me that aren't family. You don't get to stay. Unless you're eating at the table with us, you're not part. We eat together, we cry together, we live together, we die together. Everything that we do is for each other, and we care for another.
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The experience of being in space didn't change my perspective of myself or of the planet or of life. I had no spiritual experience.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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Comedy, we may say, is society protecting itself - with a smile.
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I will be conquered; I will not capitulate.
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In the future, everybody is going to be a director. Somebody's got to live a real life so we have something to make a movie about.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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When I arrived to study at Oxford in October 1963, the bohemian style was black plastic or leather jackets for women and black leather or navy donkey jackets for men. I stuck to cavalry twills and a duffle coat, at least for a few months.
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There are so many ebbs and flows in life, but when you're raising small children, your family means everything.
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I think most people that are looked upon as doing something daring don't necessarily think of it that way-they do what they have to do.
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There's always going to be silly stuff out there in the media that you can't worry too much about, and I don't. We just keep on trucking, and I like the way my... I think there should be 'professional is professional, and personal is personal,' and that's just how I'm going to keep it.
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I went to my boss, and I said, 'Look, I'd like to design these ties because I think they could be new.' He said, 'The world isn't ready for Ralph Lauren.' I never forgot that because... I thought that was a compliment.
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I treasure my meetings with individuals affected by autism - parents, children, teachers and friends. Their strength is inspiring. They deserve all possible opportunities for education, employment and integration.
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As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to reverse the norm.
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Oh. Yes. There. Is. A. Lot of pressure. As a solo singer. Absolutely.
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It's very simple. You have to be faithful to your other half and not have secrets. That's my rule.
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Greening the globalised manufacturing and sourcing will be the single biggest help multinationals could make to the tough pollution control in China and other developing countries.
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I was born a singer. I need to do that.
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Teaching means to show a person that something is possible.
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I enjoyed the whole process of learning and was always happy when autumn came and school or college started up again.
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Interviewer: 'So Jeff, what are your main musical influences?' Jeff (after a long pause): 'Love, anger, depression, joy and dreams. ...And Zeppelin. Totally.'
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All great rebellions are born of private acts of civil disobedience that inspire rebel bands to plot together.
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Fifty percent of all meaningful education takes place in the home. What do you share with your child? You share your interests. I was a book person. I read with my son. My wife is an artist. She dragged his little butt around to museums. He's an illustrator of children's books.
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I always imagined that to bring an orchestra to play together is not enough for a conductor.
