Kurt Masur Quotes
Even my family laughed at me because they thought this young guy who's always stuttering in front of other people should be in front of 100 musicians and talk to them and leading them.

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Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation are not utopian ideals. They are critical to global peace and security.
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I think downloading is both saving and killing the music industry at the same time.
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The world is too violent right now.
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I was brought up in an environment where my parents expressed their financial concerns in front of their children.
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When I first came out with my fans and the wind hit me, I almost took off.
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Sometimes I play cricket, and I play badminton.
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It's always fun to immerse yourself in a different time period.
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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Here in France, I've seen some very good young designers, but they don't have this ability to be good businessmen, too. I think America gives you this.
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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Parents, teachers, and other school staff need the tools to help these young people early in their lives. And the earlier, the better. It is proven that early action prevents problems later in life.
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I warm up with my mom and make sure I understand what the songs are about and make sure I'm using the right technique. To be honest with you, I really don't practice a lot... Usually, I say a prayer and ask the Lord to sing with me and help me and stand on the stage with me.
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I like being unconventional.
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I know my fans want me on the screen. But I think hero-worship should not be allowed to corrupt the plot and narrative of a film.
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I no longer get into stupid thought wormholes about identity and stuff. At one time, I did have some impostor syndrome about acting, but then I remembered I've been doing this since I was little, actually.
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When you get to the point where you're established enough that people link you with something, especially being an action hero babe, it's awesome. Because then you can fight the battles and have the crossbows and wrestle with swords and ride the horses because you're already believable; people see you in that genre.
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Bravo's 'Real Housewives' series isn't just entertainment for devoted fans like me - it's an entire all-absorbing universe of pride and passion.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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When I did 'Percy Jackson,' people told me, 'Oh, you're going to be so famous... you're not going to be able to walk down the street... it's going to be huge,' and it wasn't - although it was big for my career.
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It’s like walking on a 1970 blaze orange shag carpet… in a kitchen…
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The dictatorship of the Communist Party is maintained by recourse to every form of violence.
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Imagine that we didn't know the chimpanzee, that all we knew were those bonobos who have sex all the time and are peaceful and female-dominated and that people would say that this is our only close relative. I think we would have totally different theories about ourselves and our background. But, of course, it didn't happen that way.
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Even my family laughed at me because they thought this young guy who's always stuttering in front of other people should be in front of 100 musicians and talk to them and leading them.