Eugene Ormandy Quotes
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Directors are our teachers, and I'm always craving to work with a great director. They're pretty much the first thing that interests me about a project. Let's put it this way: It'll take me a lot longer to read a script if there's no director attached.
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It's true that I run a multi-national group but I have no interests in India. So please tell me, what should my identity be?
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Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
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Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish.
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As we all know... golf is a puzzle without an answer.
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I like Modest Mouse. I'm our biggest fan. And enemy. I won't waste people's time by putting out a Modest Mouse record just because. That's fair, right?
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There's always merit to having a debate.
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I have accumulated so many experiences, so much, that I want to be able to realize so many things. This is why I have basically given up most of my positions.
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I think the hardest thing about making music now is being a great dad at the same time. There's an insanity that goes with writing - a mad scientist thing that you have to go through - and sacrificing a kid's upbringing to do that is not an option.
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I have yet to see one completely unspoiled star, except for Lassie.
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As an athlete, my health has always been important to me.
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I like to have something to base a role on.
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The sweetest thing a guy said is that I look pretty with or without makeup.
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I don't realize how rare it is to genuinely have sincere love for everyone you work with. Especially in Hollywood, but even in life.
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A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them.
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I was scared to fly for a long time.
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If there's one thing I hope people are certain of it's this: I'm looking out for YOU - the taxpayer.
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Even if Donald Trump's successful, it's the beginning of the end if this rhetoric persists in the Republican Party.
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Independence was a big, big thing for me. I saw my voice as a way out - when my parents fought, I'd run up to my room, put on The Sound of Music, open the window and sing out. My voice was my escape.
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I know that I've seen a mannerism, or a way I've cried, or something, where I see a flash of my parents.
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I've learned a lot. I've seen a lot. I've grown a lot.
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Day and night gifts keep pelting down on us. If we were aware of this, gratefulness would overwhelm us. But we go through life in a daze. A power failure makes us aware of what a gift electricity is; a sprained ankle lets us appreciate walking as a gift, a sleepless night, sleep. How much we are missing in life by noticing gifts only when we are suddenly deprived of them.
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If you're going to be a bum, be the biggest. If you're going to blow it, blow it big.
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There is a number missing. I can see it.
