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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For the most part, I don't have a Facebook page; I don't Twitter.
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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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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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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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I remember being totally enamored with Sid Caesar.
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We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.
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Today is the only day. Yesterday is gone.
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Women will not be free until we can speak our minds and our hearts without having to worry that men will crucify us, women will crucify us, the press will crucify us, or our children will be ashamed... Women are still in emotional bondage as long as we feel we have to make a choice between being heard and being loved.
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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.
