Eugene Ormandy Quotes
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When I was a kid, I thought I was the strongest man in the world. Then, the fastest runner and then the smartest person in the world. One by one my delusions got shut down. Now I just see myself as the lamest guy in the world.
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He was just trying to tease me - I knew that later - but he said he'd have to leave because it wasn't fair to have anyone in the room who was going to make fun of what he had to say. He had a good sense of humor, really.
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Come hell or high water, adopted or my own. I am going to have, I must have some kids.
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When you're in the battlefield, survival is all there is. Death is the only great emotion.
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I just butcher a book. Everything I underline I assume is important to me.
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We are like a woman with a difficult pregnancy. We have to rebuild the social classes in Egypt, and we must change the way things were.
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Do not write if there is no tremendous urge to do so. At the heart, there must be an inspiration or muse or one of those old-fashioned things. Else, why bore yourself, destroy other people's interest and kill trees?
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We cannot undo the past in this misguided war in Iraq.
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As a human being, anger is a part of our mind. Irritation also part of our mind. But you can do - anger come, go. Never keep in your sort of - your inner world, then create a lot of suspicion, a lot of distrust, a lot of negative things, more worry.
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It is disheartening when you read an interview with an actress, and it starts by describing what she is wearing.
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You feel yourself working to show something. I've learned to distrust that feeling.
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I love baseball. The game allowed me the influence to impact kids in a positive way. This gives me a chance to talk to some social issues.
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I grew up on a farm in a small town where you do or say one thing and everybody knows about it. You see it happen, there's always the town gossip - 'Oh did you hear about so and so, or did you hear what went on in this household?' So I learned at a very young age just to keep my mouth shut.
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I just keep thinking how lucky I am that I haven't had to sacrifice anything.
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Nuclear accidents anywhere can affect people everywhere.
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Genome-based treatment, based on wider and cheaper availability of genome data, will provide new ways to customize the therapeutic protocol and enhance our control over diseases and medical treatment.
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My heart is warm with friends I make, And better friends I'll not be knowing, Yet there isn't a train I wouldn't take, No matter where it's going.
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It's not that I don't love the song. My songs are like my children: some you want around and some you want to send off to college as soon as possible.
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Kids will remind you that, even though you've gone down a road 100 times, it's brand new for them - and that's healthy.
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Many people send me letters in England saying, 'I want to be a war photographer,' and I say, go out into the community that you live in. There's wars going on out there; you don't have to go halfway around the world on an airplane where there are bombs and shells. There are social wars that are worthwhile.
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I believe in the balance between dreaming and building.
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My sons are precious to me and I have tried incredibly hard to strike the right balance between work and home life while being acutely aware that I haven't always got it right.
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We can't hear the balance yet because the soloist is still on the airplane.