Yiannis Chryssomallis (Yanni) Quotes
I know that our world is going through a very difficult time right now, but I will never lose my faith in humanity, and our incredible ability to overcome just about anything.
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.
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Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.
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It is something where I think that people need to take a step back and realize how bad these things we are doing really are for our ears. But nobody really thinks about it. We're playing shows every night with music in our ears. That's just the industry.
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Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly natural anatomy for humans and animals.
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You are not alone with a guy until you are a proper age. You don't go to certain levels with men until you are married or you have a certain relationship.
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I like 'The Three Musketeers.' I like those kind of cool things where they were having a robe and a sword.
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Instead of going out to dinner, buy good food. Cooking at home shows such affection. In a bad economy, it's more important to make yourself feel good.
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This whole idea that we address environmental issues by not doing stuff just doesn't work.
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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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In cartoons, in movies, time passes differently. There are flashbacks and flashfowards.
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Sympathetic cracks. A term frequently used by architects and surveyors in terms of ageing houses. I know what they mean.
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I want to be like Robin Williams, really. It's all the different characters he does, all the different voices.
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We are all tasked to balance and optimize ourselves.
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Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
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I keep threatening to keep a formal journal, but whenever I start one it instantly becomes an exercise in self-consciousness. Instead of a journal I manage to have dozens of notebooks with bits and pieces of stories, poems, and notes. Almost every thing I do has its beginning in a notebook of some sort, usually written on a bus or train.
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To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can.
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Atheism should always be encouraged (i.e. rationalistic not emotional atheism) for the sake of the Faith.
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The Soviet transition to a new political structure shows that the Soviet strategists are thinking, planning and acting in broad terms, way beyond the imagination of Western politicians. For this reason Western politicians cannot grasp the fact that the Soviet intention is to win by 'democratic' means. Through transition to a new system, the Soviets are revitalising their own people and institutions, and they are succeeding. Contrary to Western belief, they are holding their ranks together.
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So, yes, 'Codename Baboushka' is all-action and over-the-top, at least by my standards. But it also has a complex, multifaceted protagonist, a deep mystery at its core, and a kind of humanity that, through all the bullets and high-kicks, is really the soul of the book.
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In my world, I read resumes upside down, so I start with personal interests. So if somebody doesn't have believable, interesting interests, they're not going to work in a creative business.
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The world isn't black and white, Annie, it's shades of grey.
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I know that our world is going through a very difficult time right now, but I will never lose my faith in humanity, and our incredible ability to overcome just about anything.
