Emanuel Ax Quotes
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William and I feel that every child deserves to be supported through difficult times in their lives.
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Voter ID laws have a disproportionate impact on groups that lean democratic - including blacks, hispanics and students.
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To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me ambitious.
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My inspiration is love and history.
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February 19, 1942, is the year in which Executive Order 9066 was signed, and this was the order that called for the exclusion and internment of all Japanese Americans living on the west coast during World War II.
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I always walk up the escalator on the Tube, and I live in a house with a lot of stairs, and that's good exercise, but you need more than that.
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War, I have always said, forces men to change their standards, regardless of whether their country has won or lost.
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People in Scotland want the parliament but don't give a toss about the elections.
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I like the fact you can spend two hours setting up a scene that will only last a couple of seconds. And I like just sitting around and dozing between scenes!
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I haven't had that one great love, which is good. I don't want that to be in the past - I want it to be in the future.
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All your thoughts are in another head. Your dreams are sleepin' in a different bed. The force that moves you is a circular breath of life and death going round and round and round.
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Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
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These blossoms, gathered in familiar paths, With dear companions now passed out of sight, Shall not be laid upon their graves. They live, Since love is deathless. Pleasure now nor pride Is theirs in mortal wise, but hallowing thoughts Will meet the offering, of so little worth, Wanting the benison death has made divine.
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Well I looked at my watch, it was 9:54 I said, 'Dance ballerina girl, go go go!' And we rolled, reelin' and a rockin' We was reelin' and a rockin' Rollin' till the break of dawn
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There are very few human beings who receive the truth, complete and staggering, by instant illumination. Most of them acquire it fragment by fragment, on a small scale, by successive developments, cellularly, like a laborious mosaic.
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Growing up, my sisters were both into dancing, so I went to a lot of dance recitals, mostly because there were always pretty girls in leotards.
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One of my favorite games of all time was on Nintendo 64 - 'NFL Blitz.' I don't know why, I just loved that game - being able to hit people after the play and stuff was always fun.
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Being a parent is amazing.
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I'll never read every single book or go to every single place. But I'll die in the trying of it.
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I'm pretty handy in the kitchen. But my wife's the real genius.
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See, I'm a Pisces, so I get down with love songs. I'm totally into slow jams and old-school R&B, all that.
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Perfectionism and procrastination have such a fine line. You say, 'Well, I want it to be good. I want it to be perfect.' But what you're really doing is not doing your work. You're putting off showing up and being visible because then you're going to be judged, and it might suck.
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To lose one's life is no great matter; when the time comes I'll have the courage to lose mine. But what's intolerable is to see one's life being drained of meaning, to be told there's no reason for existing. A man can't live without some reason for living.
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All of us love applause, and so we should - it means that the listener likes us!
