Yiannis Chryssomallis (Yanni) Quotes
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In any art, you don't know in advance what you want to say - it's revealed to you as you say it. That's the difference between art and illustration.
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Gay kids need to stop killing themselves because they are made to feel worthless by cruel and relentless bullying.
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The main thing is that it's nice to see these young people - 9 to 14 years old - take the opportunity to get more involved in their health and fitness. We need more kids to be more active.
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One of the greatest boons that can ever come to a human being is to be born on a farm and reared in the country. Self-reliance and grit are oftenest country-bred.
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It's one thing to get a letter from your kid at camp telling you he wants to come home. It's another to get a letter from a grown child saying they're coming back to live with you!
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A boy doesn't have to go to war to be a hero; he can say he doesn't like pie when he sees there isn't enough to go around.
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For me, whenever I would see a lot of 'black films,' I didn't feel represented in it. I didn't feel connected to the characters or the situations or the humor.
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My voice is not good enough for me to sing a song.
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Racism is unacceptable in the real world, and it's unacceptable online.
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You see, some lawyers have the talent, have the charisma, but no discipline. They come into court unprepared, without having done their research.
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I went into acting as psychotherapy, and it's still a work in progress.
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Forget not, O Lord, that I am one of those whom Thou hast created, and with Thine own blood hast redeemed. I repent me of my sins: I will strive to amend my ways.
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Movies are a complicated collision of literature, theatre, music and all the visual arts.
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All novels attempt to cut neural routes through the brain, to convince us that down this road the true future of the novel lies.
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I played softball for a few years growing up. Both my brothers played baseball.
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I have a lot of men who will say to me, 'I don't read books by women, but I like you.'
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This whole idea that we address environmental issues by not doing stuff just doesn't work.
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I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against hope that they won't.
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In terms of human lives lost, it is the tragedy of the decade for Mexico. It's a very serious situation for the country.
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One of my goals is to play the Olympics in 2016. If you're able to represent your country in the Olympics everyone will understand you as a player and not many people do get to go to the Olympics.
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I want to hit him, step away and watch him hurt. I want his heart.
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I grew up playing sports, and my dad was always really into that, very passionate about that, as was I, but even my passion for music far outweighs what it was for sports. That's hard for me to believe. And it's hard for me to believe that my parents' passion for music far outweighs their passion for sports, but it does.
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'Faith' is a fine invention When Gentlemen can see - But Microscopes are prudent In an Emergency.
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We're all capable if we have faith and passion.
