Frederic Chopin Quotes

I don't know where there can be so many pianists as in Paris, so many asses and so many virtuosi.

Frederic Chopin

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• Anytime I'm involved with anything that's well-received, it's a surprise to me.

  

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• I went to quite an academic school, and all my friends were going to university, but even before my acting jobs, I didn't want to do that. I didn't want to spend another three years being institutionalised, and I feel that getting out of that system benefited me in quite a few ways.

  

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• I've spent a lot of time being bohemian and sleeping on floors, but eventually I want to have kids and I want to bring them up in a secure environment.

  

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• It was a joy to be a part of the team that created Round The Horne. I was involved with the show at a time of my life when I was very happy., and that happiness overflowed into the scripts.

  

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• The love of power, like the love of money, increases with the possession of it; and we know in what ruin these baneful passions have involved human societies in all ages when they have been let loose and suffered to rage uncontrolled - There is no restraint like the pervading eye of the virtuous citizens.

  

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• I grew up in a Mauritian bubble in France... I had the feeling of not belonging, but still living with French culture.

  

  J. M. G. Le Clezio
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• I tried to hostess... but they fired me after four days because I couldn't figure out how seating plans worked.

  

  Taylor Schilling
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• There's a good lesson for policymakers: It's not the presence of the U.S. that is a problem for many people in the Arab region; it's the type of presence we bring.

  

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• I think for people that are dealing with this out there, the important thing to know is that this is real. It's called CIU, and there are solutions out there for you.

  

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• I think the varied backgrounds in the beginning were a plus. It took a while for people to understand what they were trying to do and get started, but it did provide for a lot of new ideas.

  

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• Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

  

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• Homicide is the best material I've had the chance to do.

  

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• I don't think you can mix classical music and reggae. It's not possible. But some producer in, like, Norway is going to put it together.

  

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• Saying you are a patriot does not make you one; wearing a flag pin does not in itself mean anything at all.

  

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• Talking to Petrus is like punching a bag of sand. 'Are you giving him up?' 'Yes, I am giving him up.'

  

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• My father taught me that one of the most important abilities in life is to be able to take the pain and persevere, and for years this lesson had served me well.

  

  Yiannis Chryssomallis
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• There is no part of me that wants to have to pull the blinds down when I'm talking to my wife about dinner because some photographer is in a bush outside.

  

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• Neither my place, nor aught I heard of business, Hath raised me from my bed; nor doth the general care Take hold on me; for my particular grief Is of so floodgate and o'erbearing nature That it engluts and swallows other sorrows, And it is still itself.

  

  William Shakespeare
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• In the creative community, there's no excuse for not making a more equitable environment.

  

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• The art of effective listening is essential to clear communication, and clear communication is necessary to management success.

  

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• But if you go over the line, you don't want to get stuck in a Nevada State court room. Honestly, because Nevada has been doing a good job of putting California criminals in jail. I mean, we couldn't put OJ in jail, but they did. We couldn't put Paris Hilton in jail, but they did.

  

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• I don't know where there can be so many pianists as in Paris, so many asses and so many virtuosi.

  

  Frederic Chopin
  • Paris
  • Pianists
  • Virtuosi