Kristine Opolais Quotes
You can make a debut in 25 operas. But to make a debut at the Metropolitan Opera is huge.
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We've been allowed to operate unmolested on the fringes of the music scene, really. That's where we enjoy it most.
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I took the position from day one that it was the right decree, that the modifications I made to the decree were proper, that the correct outcome had been obtained, and that in due time all of that would become apparent. And it has become apparent.
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I love parties. I love a good time.
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If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.
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Private property began the instant somebody had a mind of his own.
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The privileged classes today are bothered about petrol and diesel prices while the poor can't afford two meals a day. I am a very small person, but I want us to think beyond personal and regional interests.
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I've never pursued a role. I always hear stories about actors going after parts and I'm, like, 'How do they do that?' It seems so weird. It seems like a total myth or something.
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I've been training quite hard.
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No war is inevitable until it breaks out.
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I am very grateful for the dedicated work and intellectual contributions of generations of talented postdocs, students and research assistants without whom none of the work from my laboratory would have been possible.
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To me, makeup is fashion and vice versa. What I dress and what I wear always needs to work with my makeup, which is usually the same anyway.
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I was totally unknown in the television and film industry in Canada.
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If you had no new technology, and you powered society as we do today - mostly by fossil fuels - you'd have only two choices: Doom yourself to horrific climate change by burning all that carbon and releasing all that CO2. Or power down society, reducing total energy usage around the planet.
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There will be no politics, no ifs and buts; if we see something and feel that work needs to be done, we will get people here we can rely on and ensure it is done in the same thorough way as our other projects.
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The way governments treat their own citizens matters; it matters because it can have a direct impact on international peace and security - and on our respective national security interests.
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The philosophy of friendship has definitely paid off, because after all the highs and lows we’re still sticking together and we haven’t lost the passion for what we’re doing. In the Seventies, there were few changes, then we had this line-up with Herman Rarebell and Francis Buchholz for almost twenty years.
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If I had known what it would be like to have it all... I might have been willing to settle for less.
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When I was about 12 years old, I knew I had to take the game more seriously if I wanted to be able to provide for my family.
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I have yet to meet a carnivore who doesn't love a sausage roll.
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Our country will be stabilized, with all key establishments in society working in unity with full awareness among Thais of their duties and responsibilities.
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People post things on Instagram that they know people are going to like.
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I would say if you have a dream - and whether that is you want to be some sort of artist, or you want to start a start-up or a business, anything that very much feels like it's uniquely yours and you may not be able to get traction going through traditional channels - the way to do it is to build it brick by brick on your own in microsteps.
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You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once.
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You can make a debut in 25 operas. But to make a debut at the Metropolitan Opera is huge.
