Eugene Ormandy Quotes
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I always was drawn to the performing arts. I started dancing when I was two. I sang, loved to act, and loved going to visit my mom on-set. But she wanted me to have a normal childhood, so I wasn't really allowed to pursue acting till I got older.
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I try to make music that's relevant to my life and relatable to the culture I live in.
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I'd like to learn how to cook. I've hauled around this big, old, heavy Martha Stewart cookbook in my suitcase to Cape Cod, L.A., Paris. I don't know what possessed me.
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I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.
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I need to be more consistent about taking care of myself no matter how busy I am.
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The country of Britain is wonderful because of its royalty.
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Love from one being to another can only be that two solitudes come nearer, recognize and protect and comfort each other.
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I definitely want to come back to Cleveland. The coaches, the team, everything about the situation, it's perfect for me.
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'Mojave' is a very wild, throwback film with these two dudes going after each other.
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We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.
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I was singing about six notes higher than I had to, in a range that kept me up in a bubblegum sound.
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Whoever thinks... that the European economy can be competitive without economic cooperation with Russia, whoever thinks that energy security can exist in Europe without the energy that comes from Russia, is chasing ghosts.
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'Adbusters' is my favourite reading material, so as soon as you go there, the synapses start firing in a different way. You start taking on things that sometimes I feel are out of our control. That's what basically fuels my creative side.
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There is no substitute for the comfort supplied by the utterly taken-for-granted relationship.
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Old age is not a disease - it is strength and survivorship, triumph over all kinds of vicissitudes and disappointments, trials and illnesses.
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The fact is... our doors have not exactly been knocked down by companies willing to defend Microsoft's business practices.
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Pay no heed to those who tell you that they have relinquished place and power of their own accord, and from their love of quiet. For almost always they have been brought to this retirement by their insufficiency and against their will.
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I'm part Filipino, part Japanese, part Chinese, part Malaysian, and part Spanish, and all those people, they love their karaoke. So whenever my family got together, we'd all karaoke.
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I didn't grasp the basic principle of being a promoter, which was: Put on music but also generate an income. I was on the dole most of the time.
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People have these incredible expectations. So instead of being inspired by, say, Joni Mitchell's music, I look at it and say to myself, 'I'm going to quit - why would I think of writing or performing after listening to that?'
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I never doubted myself. It just didn't work.
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You've got to listen but you've also got to lead.
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Tonight I'm going to listen with my ears.
