Frederic Chopin Quotes
Bach is like an astronomer who, with the help of ciphers, finds the most wonderful stars.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't have Gandalf the White's certainty about everything.
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Can you think of anything more permanently elating than to know that you are on the right road at last?
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My wife, Caroline Spector, and I pitched some comic ideas to various publishers back in the '80s, but nothing ever came of it.
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I couldn't pick just one defining breakthrough role. I like to think that they're all a part of me.
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If you look at the very best presidents, the most effective presidents, they were always decent salespeople. Ronald Reagan was an extremely effective salesman, very tuned to the people he was selling to, very clear in what he was selling, very resilient and buoyant.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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Growing up in the public spotlight and having insecurities like every other girl, I really know what it's like to feel self-conscious.
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I have the potential to be very strong and powerful, sometimes angry, sometimes passionate. I also can be shy and withhold that because I am afraid. I don't want to freak anybody out with my passion... So I struggle with that all the time.
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Being physical and doing my own stunts - it is fun to do these kind of films once in a while, especially before you get too old.
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When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
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I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late start without me.
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There's a really easy way of just kind of wearing make-up but looking like there's nothing on your face... I'm still not very good at it, and I'm learning slowly.
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When you go from one place to another, you go with experience, you don't go with prescriptions.
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You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.
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I get up every single day trying to repay a debt that I can never repay. Never. And I will work hard. Because I don't know why I was saved. I don't know.
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I can cure AIDS, and I will.
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In Latin America, people want you to write beautiful melodies and words. But there are also songs that do well because they show the reality of life.
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In America, it is traditional to destroy the black body - it is heritage.
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Divas need their furs!
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I love being able to help and encourage my friends and I try to inspire them as they do me.
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Maybe one day I will work in Italy. If they want me.
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I like to focus on making the music sound simple and true, and very lush and full. I think music should take you to somewhere else where you have the space to contemplate or exercise your imagination. All the while you should be feeling real good, like when you have a delicious and decadent meal, macaroni and cheese or foie gras.
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Bach is like an astronomer who, with the help of ciphers, finds the most wonderful stars.
