Emanuel Ax Quotes
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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It's all part of my journey - I've done a lot of stupid things, but you learn by your mistakes.
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Everybody has their struggles.
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I think the thing that L.A. had on Sydney is an awesome music scene, especially for what I do.
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I grew up in New York till I was 5, and I remember going to see 'Annie' and some musicals as a kid, and I remember my parents being somewhat okay with us watching 'Rocky Horror Picture Show,' which, it boggles my mind that they allowed me to watch it.
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I love it and really, really enjoy weight training. I love free weights. I find it really rewarding.
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It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction.
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Reducing the price of cancer drugs is a humanitarian move.
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My grandmother was very fierce and gruff. She was quite small, but she was very wide.
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Excellent; all is well. The 'everlasting tedium' exactly countervenes the 'immediate onset of death' and I am left only with the 'canker' which, in the person of Firx, already afflicts me. One must use his wits in dealing with maledictions.
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I know that something dies when i give up my books, and that my memory keeps going back to them with mournful nostalgia.
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Better to have beasts that let themselves be killed than men who run away.
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We have come by curious ways To the Light that holds the days; We have sought in haunts of fear For that all-enfolding sphere: And lo! it was not far, but near.We have found, O foolish-fond, The shore that has no shore beyond.Deep in every heart it lies With its untranscended skies; For what heaven should bend above Hearts that own the heaven of love?
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I was in the playground, like, 'Let's imitate the Spice Girls and form a girl group!' I would go home and sing into my hairbrush and act like Britney Spears. I was no Mozart.
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Sunshine Cake is just a fun hobby thing. That's about it.
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I'm always fascinated by the 'who would you like to work with' question. I've never really had an answer; it only really comes as you work with them.
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I love the idea of the street vibe, having folks together, out in the street at midnight.
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The Marvel catalogue of 9,000 characters really is that rich. It isn't just a bunch of guys running around with capes and cowls who have secret identities and fight across the street from each other.
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Marriage is a reflection of your life in general: how you treat people, how you argue, how secure you are in your own thoughts. How vehemently do you argue your point of view? With what disdain do you view the other's point of view?
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Art for Duchamp, all the arts, obey the same law: meta-irony is inherent in their very spirit. It is an irony that destroys its own negation and, hence, returns in the affirmative.
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The greatest gift God has given me is the capacity of love for people. I have so many faults, but caring about people is not one of them.
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I considered acting an opportunity to express emotions-and I took advantage of every opportunity l got. It took me a long time to discover that restraint can be admirable. Restraint, however, does not mean lack of emotion. The thing that irks me is lack of emotion trying to pass for restraint. Lack of emotion is pathological; restraint is civilized.
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We should welcome applause whenever it comes.
