Placido Domingo Quotes
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Some things are so tragic that you don't know what's funny in it, and some things are so ridiculous you don't know if it's worth talking about it.
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Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are.
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I'm a night owl for sure. I was born at 1 A.M., and that's the excuse I use.
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In the '80s the band was 24/7. You were only as good as what you were producing at any given moment. Now my family is more important. I also think having the shock of your mum and dad dying humbles you slightly.
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I'm not telling you what to do on the Sabbath, and you won't tell me.
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I just think something about being in front of a live audience when you've finished a big dance that you've been working on for so long - I don't think anything can really beat that.
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You're not going to see me ever be partisan. I'll never take a position on a candidate or an issue.
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I was born in the small town of Gorizia, Italy, on 31 March, 1934. My father was an electrical engineer at the local telephone company and my mother an elementary school teacher.
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If you are good at studies, and you want to play cricket, you may work harder than any other person, but you may not achieve it. So it's something you have to balance in life and be practical where you are good and then channelise your efforts in the right direction to be successful in life.
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I really don't like confrontations. One of the reasons I'm retiring is that I'm tired of hurting people's feelings.
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It would be a sad story to get rid of religious belief, national identity, family, and even sexual identity. That's not freedom.
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When you're a politician, someone always wants something from you, so they're constantly telling you how smart or great you are, and that can warp people! Exercising humility is important to me. My friends back home treat me like the same person I was when I was waiting tables.
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Some of my tattoos are a bit silly, but I know where and what time I got them.
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Japanese people today think of money, just money: Where is our national spirit today? The Jieitai must be the soul of Japan. … The nation has no spiritual foundation. That is why you don’t agree with me. You will just be American mercenaries. There you are in your tiny world. You do nothing for Japan. … I salute the Emperor. Long live the emperor!
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Just because the only way you can maintain control over your bodily passions is to sit straight in your chair, knees together, hands delicately arranged in our lap, fingers tightly intertwined, does not mean that I am required to do the same.
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It would be hard to name a more certain sign of poor self-esteem than the need to perceive some other group as inferior.
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A private ball this was called...but Lord! my dear Sir, I believe I saw half the world!
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In a dream I saw Jesus and My God Pan sitting together in the heart of the forest. They laughed at each other's speech, with the brook that ran near them, and the laughter of Jesus was the merrier. And they conversed long.
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New York grew up before the automobile. And even though it's full of cars, its shape and form didn't get created around the automobile.
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I'm not going to lie; listen, I'm nice at basketball.
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When in public poetry should take off its clothes and wave to the nearest person in sight; it should be seen in the company of thieves and lovers rather than that of journalists and publishers.
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Do you think courage means being fearless? Or daring? Courage, real courage, is taking three steps when it terrifies you.
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When a young artist is ready, one has to bring him into the limelight.
