Yiannis Chryssomallis (Yanni) Quotes
If you are a professional, the speed with which you react to a potential problem separates the men from the boys.
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Plastic surgery is a postmodern veil.
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Don't manage - lead change before you have to.
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If someone has failed, that is not a deficiency for me. I think that he has more motivation. I've seen many examples where someone was successful first and failed later and failed first and then succeeded. If they failed in an honest way, I don't see it as a deficiency.
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Live rich, die poor; never make the mistake of doing it the other way round.
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I'm getting married because I'm in love with a girl and want to spend my life with her. You can't live your life doing what other people want you to or you'll be miserable. At some point you just have to be yourself.
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What you look like, whether you're Brad Pitt or Charles Laughton, is significant for actors.
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I find myself gravitating towards drama. It interests me. In the books I read, the paintings I like, it's always the darker stuff.
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I believe you can achieve anything if you work hard enough to get it.
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Even though I had been boxing, I had no idea I could beat somebody in the ring. And I had no idea I could really take a punch. When I realized that, I really started taking off.
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I kind of always took it for granted the fact that my parents were Olympic medalists.
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In the United Kingdom, we need to promote an inclusive British identity that involves and empowers people from all ethnic and faith backgrounds.
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When we were shooting 'Oz,' my wife was doing 'Beauty and the Beast' on Broadway, singing and dancing. It was an interesting dichotomy in our house.
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I've had much nastier things said about me in the British press than in the Bosnian press.
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We would like a stable policy framework, and whatever incentives and tax structures are there should be made known to investors upfront. There should be credibility, clarity and continuity in both policy formulation and its implementation.
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Sometimes when you're making more errors you want to pull back, but I just need to keep going forward.
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The guys in my band are good friends on and off the stage. The band members that I have now is probably the best band that I have ever had.
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The first aspect of a business that you need to make it work well is money. Once the money aspect is flowing, you can freely work on other aspects.
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I think Hollywood makes the mistake of mixing all these identities and cultures, mostly from the Middle East.
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All that socialism means to me, to be very frank with you, is democracy with a small 'd.' I believe in democracy, and by democracy, I mean that, to as great an extent as possible, human beings have the right to control their own lives. And that means that you cannot separate the political structure from the economic structure.
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I have no regrets coming back for a second Olympic team [in 2016]. It's been an amazing experience. It's been teaching me a lot.
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It's a grand thing to be able to take your money in your hand and to think no more of it when it slips away from you than you would a trout that would slip back into the stream.
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A lot of actors work too much. There comes a point where it's hard to mask your basic personality. It's a bit like a relationship. If you're always there, they can't desire you.
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Wimbledon 2014 will be my last slam. To be honest, I am already starting to miss professional tennis, having played at the highest level for two decades. It is what has given me my identity, and I will miss every bit of the action. The thought that I will not be playing anymore is daunting.
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If you are a professional, the speed with which you react to a potential problem separates the men from the boys.
