Yiannis Chryssomallis (Yanni) Quotes
Music is art, and once you become an artist, you need to learn how to accept criticism.
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The next phase of the journey is to move from speculation to actual use cases - people getting into Bitcoin because they want to use it.
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Maybe one day music will just be music, and there won't be these categories; it'll just be different shades of music.
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When I'm in the studio, I don't finish the song and say, 'That's going to be a big ringtone.'
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The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.
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Whenever I have even a spare second, I'm in the kitchen whipping up a batch of cookies. I make a mean batch of chocolate chippers.
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I couldn't follow nobody's rules.
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The thing that can get kind of annoying is, when you travel so much, how hectic it gets. I was being interviewed once - it was a phone interview - and they said, 'Where are you right now?' and I didn't know where I was.
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I'm always nervous when I start a new picture.
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I was handed a chocolate bar and an M-1 rifle and told to go kill Hitler.
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For many people, managing pain involves using prescription medicine in combination with complementary techniques like physical therapy, acupuncture, yoga and massage. I appreciate this because I truly believe medical care should address the person as a whole - their mind, body, and spirit.
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I feel privileged that I've been able to get anywhere, with my quote-unquote limited mainstream appeal, given my race and subject matter. Of course, I always have my masters to fall back on.
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I was on Kanye's Yeezus tour as a dancer, but really, I was a Vanessa Beecroft model. I was one of the three 'dancers' who couldn't dance and was more of an accessory than an individual. Vanessa was pretty involved. Her style is about a lot of standing. It's very simple but haunting.
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Today's films are so technological that an actor becomes starved for roles that deal with human relationships.
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Whenever I come across an Arabic word mired in English text, I am momentarily shocked out of the narrative.
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I am not opposed to intelligence reform on its face, but any changes should reflect the current context.
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If we want to recruit and retain high-quality teachers, it starts with a fair wage, adequate working conditions, and the resources and support to succeed. Remember: teachers' working conditions are students' learning conditions.
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My grandparents lived in Hollywood, and I was surrounded by the romanticism of movies ever since I was a child.
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I know that might sound silly coming from someone my age, but I remember on my 14th birthday having a crisis like my mom should be having. I kept thinking that I was getting older, and I haven't really accomplished anything. I remember thinking that I better accomplish something real soon.
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Every one of these hundreds of millions of human beings is in some form seeking happiness...Not one is altogether noble nor altogether trustworthy nor altogether consistent; and not one is altogether vile...Not a single one but has at some time wept.
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My wife and I love to travel, so if we don't have work on either her or my birthday, we definitely travel.
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I'm the only one in my family - I'm a practicing Jew - who has attached themselves to religion in a more traditional way.
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It is not love, or morality, or international law that determines the outcome of world affairs, but the changing distribution of organized force
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Early Bluegrass is my favorite kind of music, not to many people know that.
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Music is art, and once you become an artist, you need to learn how to accept criticism.
