Yiannis Chryssomallis (Yanni) Quotes
I love the road, and I love coming in contact with the fans. They talk to me and that's irreplaceable. But when I get tired, I head to the studio and I am in there for a long time.
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Everyone has their own special set of problems - in their own minds.
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
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Last year in a historic move, the state of New York passed the very first cigarette fire safety standard.
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At some point, you grow out of being attracted to that flame that burns you over and over and over again.
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To gastroenterologists, the concept of a germ causing ulcers was like saying that the Earth is flat.
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I don't think taunting chants at players on the other side of the ice is intended to be sexist in the slightest. It's like when you call a goaltender a sieve, they chant that. Is that now inappropriate also?
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Culture is a little like dropping an Alka-Seltzer into a glass - you don't see it, but somehow it does something.
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The realistic value of a work is completely independent of its properties in terms of content.
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I thought I had the rights to The Lord of the Rings. I don't know how Jackson ended up with the rights.
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I have never read 'To Kill A Mockingbird.'
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People talk about method actors, meaning someone that's prepared very, very well, or whatever they mean when they talk about it. But the right method is whatever works for you. And what works for me on any given day is going to be different.
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Producing should be a creative responsibility.
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That is the effect of my sculptures in the public domain: people are making contact with each other again.
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'Smart', in American usage, is slicker and sharper than 'intelligent'; faster off the mark and quicker on its feet than deep thought.
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I don't think I've ever met any single person who has been vulgar. But you know, you learn along the way that some people are going to be very generous, and other people... It's just not innate within them. Sometimes I think you just have to decide if you're going to stand up and get on with it or if you're going to be crushed and threatened.
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Shakespeare showed me that once I understand the rules, I can break them.
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When Christ died, He died for you individually just as much as if you'd been the only man in the world.
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If you can tune into your purpose and really align with it, setting goals so that your vision is an expression of that purpose, then life flows much more easily.
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I've worked with a lot of people on music and often times those things don't work out.
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It is true that all men are created in the image of God, but Christians are supposed to be conscious of that fact, and being conscious of it should recognize the importance of living artistically, aesthetically, and creatively, as creative creatures of the Creator. If we have been created in the image of an Artist, then we should look for expressions of artistry, and be sensitive to beauty, responsive to what has been created for us
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Hollywood's full of transients. Everybody comes from somewhere else.
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Everything officers go through in any chase anywhere in the country, but amped up 100 times! I'm right in the thick of things in a car going like 80 miles an hour, and doing 360s in the middle of the road. It was a wild ride.
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I just really am trying, trying, all the time. But I like to be scared. I love to suddenly feel out of control.
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I love the road, and I love coming in contact with the fans. They talk to me and that's irreplaceable. But when I get tired, I head to the studio and I am in there for a long time.
