Emanuel Ax Quotes
If the audience walks out of a concert thinking, What a wonderful experience, then we have done our job.
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Well Sid Pollack was... He was I would say probably, probably the most influential on me.
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Can you imagine being Leonardo Da Vinci in the 1400s trying to describe his ideas for machines that would allow humans to fly to the average person of his time? This is hundreds of years before the invention of electricity, the internal combustion engine, and many other things we take for granted today.
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Of all the hazards, fear is the worst.
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RFK was a compelling figure because he was willing to challenge his audiences, and in turn connect with them in a unique way. Kennedy showed that our values define us and can inspire others to believe in the possibility of change and a better society.
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My work has always been the thing that justifies my life.
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Oh my God, Betty White is actually everything that you would expect her to be like.
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No matter what as an artist that's always what you want to do, you want to connect to the audience, you want to be able to send whatever message it is that you're singing about, you want to be able to convey that - and not make them feel - you want them to feel it, you want them to feel what you feel.
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Lend your ears to music, open your eyes to painting, and... stop thinking! Just ask yourself whether the work has enabled you to 'walk about' into a hitherto unknown world. If the answer is yes, what more do you want?
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For better or worse, a lot of people who build things don't want to part ways. They don't have the short exit plan that a lot of the investors have.
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I love being photographed, I love the ramp.
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We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once.
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Therapists have tremendous power over their vulnerable clients, and it is very easy to take advantage of this power.
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It's hard to say this about a guy like Eddie Van Halen, one of the greatest guitar players who ever lived, but he's really limited to a style and they're locked into it.
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The parts I've got to create are a little bit different to a lot of guys my age.
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For me the purest and truest art in the world is science fiction.
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At the beginning of the week, when we do our game planning, we look at the opponent and all the unique things they do.
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As for the Canadians - good actors and good directors are sometimes taken by the American market, you know, if they're good enough.
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I think my first hit was probably '24 is a Rubberband Man,' which was my second album. My first project, it was very well received in the Southeast region, all throughout the South and parts of the Midwest. It was very well received, but I didn't get national exposure on my second album.
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Were British protesters, armed with little more than a frisbee and a bag of plastic toy soldiers, really in danger of being shot by the US military in Gloucestershire?
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This is the best job in television. I grew up watching the 'Today show.'
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I'm not thinking when I'm writing, 'How's this going to read?' Or, 'What percentage of the audience is going to stay with me?' The thing itself is what gives me pleasure. Sometimes stuff just falls onto the page so beautifully and happily that it's deeply satisfying. It's selfish!
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There is such a thing as legitimate warfare: war has its laws; there are things which may fairly be done, and things which may not be done.
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I need to keep working hard, winning fights, and it will happen. I just hope that I don't get sidestepped for too long.
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If the audience walks out of a concert thinking, What a wonderful experience, then we have done our job.
