Eugene Ormandy Quotes
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The good of a book lies in its being read. A book is made up of signs that speak of other signs, which in their turn speak of things. Without an eye to read them, a book contains signs that produce no concepts; therefore it is dumb.
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I'm pro-death penalty, but what I have not seen is anybody that would mock someone on death row.
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I usually listen to classic rock and roll.
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I'm very conscious of... I don't feel like a star.
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I will not be collateral damage in a presidential campaign, nor will I be a woman bullied by Hillary Clinton.
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I'm a businessman and actor and I still make appearances.
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Most of the Jewish refugees, stripped of their considerable possessions, came to Israel. They were welcomed by the Jewish state. They were given shelter and support, and they were integrated into Israeli society together with half a million survivors of the European Holocaust.
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Free-diving is all about being lean, being super-flexible, and having a good breath hold.
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It is not just for a few states to sit and veto global approvals.
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You can take as much as you can from the generation that has preceded you, but then it's up to you to make something new.
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When I finally held the trophy, it was just how I imagined it would be.
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I like things that make you grit your teeth. I like tucking my chin in and sort of leading into the storm. I like that feeling. I like it a lot.
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I learned early on, stay away from politics, stay away from religion and don't talk about sports. Those three right there will get you in trouble.
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I don't see Merced appearing on a mainstream desktop inside of a decade.
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The world must be filled with unsuccessful musical careers like mine, and it's probably a good thing. We don't need a lot of bad musicians filling the air with unnecessary sounds. Some of the professionals are bad enough.
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When I read the documents relative to the Modernism, as it was defined by Saint Pius X, and when I compare them to the documents of the II Vatican Council, I cannot help being bewildered. For what was condemned as heresy in 1906 was proclaimed as what is and should be from now on the doctrine and method of the Church. In other words, the modernists of 1906 were, somewhat, precursors to me. My masters were part of them. My parents taught me Modernism. How could Saint Pius X reject those that now seem to be my precursors?
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I visualize a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans, and I'm rooting for the machines.
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I love you more than the pool hall, but not as much as football.
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Women diet to retain their girlish figures or their boyish husbands.
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Teasing and a sense of humor, if you can develop that in your kids, and if you can exercise it with the kids, just makes for a pleasanter atmosphere.
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Meanwhile, an even stranger and more radical transformation is under way. Having discovered subterranean reserves of energy, humans begin to change the composition of the atmosphere.
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Why do you always insist on playing while I'm trying to conduct?
