Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Quotes
Toward the end of his life, one can sense that he was no longer thinking his way into the minds of others, causing them to speak on his behalf, but that he was now speaking for himself.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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You need to let your hair produce its own oils and be healthy.
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Wild fish are under threat of extinction because they're hunted to feed us. Yet land animals that we farm are under no threat of extinction. Shifting from hunting fish to farming fish - where the farmers have the incentive to keep their stocks healthy - could do a tremendous amount of good for wild fish.
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From my experience and understanding, I believe money follows name and fame, while recognition calls for a huge amount of sacrifice. To get something, you have to lose something. That's the rule of life.
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Textbooks are going to remain a key part of learning. They just need to go digital, become more interactive and they need more analytics.
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I traveled a full two years with 'Language of Flowers.'
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I think what my parents did was perfect. They were strict, concerned about my safety and held me back just a little.
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I'm pretty much a thrift shop gal. Flea markets on Sundays.
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There's definitely a whole different vibe on the set when there's like basically royalty working with us. We could have whatever we wanted. I felt like Britney Spears.
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Skid Row would probably be my favorite Jersey band.
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Babies are smart. They can tell the difference between a responsive face and a blank face, wiped clean of emotion.
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I need this wild life, this freedom.
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When I first read 'The River,' I had theories on what it was about, but once we got into rehearsal, I realized it's much simpler: It's about how human beings try to connect. The play holds a mirror up to the audience, and they take from it what's relevant to their lives.
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I have to admit that I can't take a whole fig and eat it on its own as I would a peach or mango. It's just too much.
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I was probably the only revolutionary referred to as cute.
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The best thing I did was to choose the right heroes.
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I remember as a kid not ever wanting to have friends around to my house because it was, for want of a better description, disheveled.
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I always wrote about things that were important to me. I think our past success showed that it was also important for a lot of others.
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A true friend is someone you can disagree with and still remain friends. For if not, they weren't true friends in the first place.
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The world needs you and it needs the things you carry. So I wish you the best of all possible journeys and the courage to speak softly.
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I think I'm known as an adventuress. Even generally in life, I have no fear. It's not that I'm not afraid of things, but when I am afraid of something, I don't back away - I approach it and try to understand what makes me afraid.
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I really like Los Angeles - I had a good life out there. But the reason I choose to live in New York is because when I'm between engagements, as they say, something creative always comes up for me, like 'Julian Po,' or helping teach at NYU, or helping stage a show at Juilliard.
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Art should be created for life, not for the museum.
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Toward the end of his life, one can sense that he was no longer thinking his way into the minds of others, causing them to speak on his behalf, but that he was now speaking for himself.
