Yiannis Chryssomallis (Yanni) Quotes
That adage about genius being 5 percent inspiration and 95 perspiration - it's true.
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Patience was not something that came naturally to me, but in cooking it is the quintessential skill.
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I chose New Orleans because New Orleans chose me. This city gave me my dad and my love of life.
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Deeply consider that it is your duty and interest to read the Holy Scriptures.
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For me to be here tonight, everything had to be perfect. I had to get drafted by Utah, had to play with a point guard like John Stockton, and had to be coached by Jerry Sloan and Frank Layden.
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What I hope to do in the States is to break up this stereotyping of Muslims and Arabs. I mean, we are basically the only sub-culture that is not represented in Hollywood. And it's funny because everybody is talking about the Muslim world and the Arab world, and we are not represented.
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I have no family to take care of and no children to pass wealth to.
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I don't know who Little Richard is.
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Mucinex were like, 'Would you like to be the Mucinex man? You sound like you're sick right now'. In each spot, they give me a little bit of room to do something strange. And in a world of fractured mediums, where there is no zeitgeist, and you get your comedy from your phone, it's all content.
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Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.
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My first published work was when I was 19, in 'Playgirl.' It was an odd experience but exciting.
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I love working with a cast and a group of people every day, which is different than recording because you're usually pretty isolated and alone. They serve as a good balance for each other.
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There are fans of Twenty20 cricket, and we need to ensure that we give them the cricket they want to see. We need to keep Test cricket alive, because there is a section of fans who love and worship Test cricket and have basically helped this game grow, and they are as important as anybody else.
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I read 'The Shining' before I ever saw the movie, when I was maybe 12.
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I had 500 kids at camp this past summer for example. We do nine weeks for kids and nine days for grown ups every summer. The adult camp is a lot of fun.
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The taste of any simple tomato-based salad is dependent on the quality of the tomatoes.
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You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.
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I think we all attract troublemakers; I don't think it's particularly about anyone. I had it actually as an album title, and I thought it would be really cool to write a song about a girl that's a bit of troublemaker.
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It's not that we poor men are so powerful to be able to banish the devil. It's that God gives us the power.
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Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It's beyond me.
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I'm realising now that I can't just blurt things out.
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A dog has the soul of a philosopher.
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Golf was my vehicle to competition, and I can't play if I can't compete.
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War affected my family a lot, and I was quite curious about it. I first went off to war in the early 90's as a journalist, partly out of curiosity and partly because I needed a career. War reporting has been very glamorous and exciting, and everything else that young men like.
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That adage about genius being 5 percent inspiration and 95 perspiration - it's true.
