Nadia Boulanger Quotes
It is nothing to succeed if one has not taken great trouble, and it is nothing to fail if one has done the best one could.
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I think being idle is quite hard for me to do.
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I have a preference for film just because of the familiarity. It's what I know, and I sort of have nostalgia for it.
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I remember in particular my first victory when I achieved a very fast time in what were perfect conditions but since then the wind has always been a factor against me.
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In all honesty, titles are an embarrassment to me.
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I just picked up golf, it was good, give me a chance to play golf.
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I would say Hope Solo is competitive.
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Winning and making history is something you can't buy. Me? I'm a guy who loves history. When I'm 60 or 70, I don't want to be remembered for the money I make. I want to be in the history books.
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My concern with religion is that it allows us by the millions to believe what only lunatics or idiots could believe on their own. That's not to say that all religious people are lunatics or idiots. It's anything but that.
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Acting is not acting. It isn't putting on a face and dancing around in a mask. It's believing that you are that character and playing him as if it were a normal day in the life of that character.
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Acting has always existed alongside my normal life. It's been a case of learning on the job. I've worked in so many styles, with so many people, so I've picked bits up from everyone and everything.
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I asked my mother could I have an instrument. She said, 'Well if you go out and save your money.' So I went and got - I made me a shine box. I went out and started shining shoes, and I'd bring whatever I made.
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In school, I had a tough time fitting in, and dancing was my way of being in my own element. As a teenager, I became a bit disillusioned with it. Even with competitions, I'd win, but still there would be tears.
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I was one of those girls in class who always had her hair in plaits, was always with the boys, always playing football in the street.
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For me to be as effective as possible, I intend to sharpen those skills I need to successfully lead an organization that is growing in size and complexity with each passing year.
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No one has a right to comment on anyone's life or the choices I do or don't make.
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I can feel the 60S looming. In my profession, I've just moved along with my age. By thinking in decades, rather than whether someone's 42 or 47, you can give yourself a whole 10 years to turn yourself around in.
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I'm not cut out to be a detective on 'Law & Order' - I laugh too easily.
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I wanted to keep pushing the musical ideas I had about jazz, music from Africa and the Caribbean.
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The sign of a great player is how much he elevates his colleagues' performance.
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There is a level of disrespect for the office that occurs. And that occurs in some cases and maybe even many cases because he is African American. There’s no question about that and it’s the kind of thing nobody ever says but everybody’s thinking it.
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I work three days at home, and two days in the British Library or the London Library, just to get out of the house and hide from the children.
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Hate, hunger, and pride make better levers of propaganda than do love or impartiality.
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I believe in the magic and authority of words.
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It is nothing to succeed if one has not taken great trouble, and it is nothing to fail if one has done the best one could.
