Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Quotes
I came together with younger musicians and tried to pass on my own experiences. In the process, I always tried to maintain my curiosity and spontaneity.
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I can enjoy anywhere, and I can leave it. Life is about moving on.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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It would be spiteful to put a Jellyfish in a trifle.
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I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.
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I still keep my accent.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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The greatest thing about being in a band, and the strength of having companionship and collaboration, is also the thing that makes a band break up because then you begin to feel confined. Like, who am I as an individual, as a writer, as a performer?
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I'm an all-or-nothing person.
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I live in a bus and go from place to place and sometimes feel very detached from what's going on.
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It's unfortunate biologically we have to sleep.
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I went to my boss, and I said, 'Look, I'd like to design these ties because I think they could be new.' He said, 'The world isn't ready for Ralph Lauren.' I never forgot that because... I thought that was a compliment.
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An appeal to fear never finds an echo in German hearts.
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I use to live on this street when I was a kid where there was an old person retirement home, and all of the old people would listen to that band Herman's Hermits, and they would wear white nursing shoes. And they would throw away stacks of VHS tapes, and I would go through the trash and take them.
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The sleeplessness is proven; it eradicates your memory.
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It's very simple. You have to be faithful to your other half and not have secrets. That's my rule.
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You must enjoy the journey because whether or not you get there, you must have fun on the way.
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Nothing leads so straight to futility as literary ambitions without systematic knowledge.
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I was able to participate in New York Fashion Week and walk down the runway. I participated in a pizza contest in Canada.
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We all pulled together at the right time, unfortunately, we were down 3-0 to the Yankees when we decided to do it, but we did it. And we shocked the world.
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If you are being shuffled around, then you should feel shuffled around.
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The world is just as harsh a taskmaster as any other lord, and in the end it’s a lord without mercy.
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Michael: 'Hey, remember when I almost didn't let you into the house that first day you came?' Claire: 'Yep' Michael: 'Well, I was dead wrong. Maybe I never said that out loud before, but I mean it, Claire. All that's happened since... we wouldn't have made it. Not me, not Shane, not Eve. Not without you.' Claire: 'It's not me. It's not! It's us, that's all. We're just better together. We... take care of each other.' Shane: 'Stop vamping up my girl, man. She needs coffee.' Michael: 'Don't we all. Vamping up your girl? Dude. That's low.' Shane: 'Digging for China. Come on.
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I was too ashamed and afraid to confide in friends, and wanted to convince others and myself that my marriage was a success. I lost myself in my writing. Finding ways for my characters to overcome their problems and make their relationships work helped plaster over the wound caused by my inability to make things right at home.
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I came together with younger musicians and tried to pass on my own experiences. In the process, I always tried to maintain my curiosity and spontaneity.
