Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Quotes
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I have a strong upper body; I'm an arms swimmer, and I always have been.
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This identity, this mind, this particular cast of speech, is nearly over.
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So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
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I didn't make any friends in New York by insisting on moving the league headquarters to Cincinnati. The fact was that my son Bill was in school. His mother had passed away, and I didn't want to take the boy away from his school and to a strange city.
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Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy.
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Every training session, I try to simulate the conditions similar to where I am racing.
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Every woman should shave her head once in her life, to experience what it feels like.
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'Yela' represents hunger, life, light, fire, power. 'Wolf' speaks to my fighting spirit. The soul I put in my music.
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Focus on remedies, not faults.
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There was a long time where I was an 'artist' in quotes, who had no money. But I guess back then I also never had a girlfriend.
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When I was young I thought that money was the most important thing in life; now that I am old I know that it is.
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I was dressed like Darth Vader. Vader was my man, even with the villainy. He wore all black and had a deep voice; he reminded me of my uncle. I had a cheap mask-cape combo, the kind available at any pharmacy during October.
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I've always tried to explore the humorous aspects of life.
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You don't master your fear. You're not able to say, 'I'm not going to be scared.' But what you can do is say, 'OK, I'm very very scared, but I have to do this and this and this.'
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I'm slightly unsure as to what my goal is. I just keep doing jobs.
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Of our relation to all creation we can never know anything whatsoever. All is immensity and chaos. But, since all this knowledge of our limitations cannot possibly be of any value to us, it is better to ignore it in our daily conduct of life.
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Negative publicity makes people forget your best times.
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Love is a credulous thing.
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Years ago, during a John Grisham phase, I tried to pinpoint exactly why I found Grisham's often predictable legal thrillers quite so comforting. The best answer I could come up with was the frequency with which Grisham tells us that his lead characters are sipping coffee. When it comes to food and drink, predictability can console.
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The whole thing about working in front of the camera is to make people laugh when they're not supposed to.
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I have moments of darkness, of anger, and moments of rage. They do creep up at the most inopportune times. Not to recognize that in my music would give people a sense of sainthood that I don't necessarily have or even want to have.
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There is a difference between a great producer and somebody who is a big advocate of your music. Just because you're a big advocate for a band doesn't mean you need to be in the studio with them, and at the same time - we don't need to get into this conversation - you can write a hit, but it might not hit.
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I love to work. I love doing standup.
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It is desirable that people make music on the breath, with the breath.
