Evelyn Glennie Quotes
Percussion is the most adaptable family of instruments. The biggest challenge is to project percussion in a lyrical way.
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I was so proud when I was commissioned into the Army.
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We had to get serious and hit all aspects. We had to graduate. That's what you got to do: reach all people across the nation.
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Once you are labeled 'the best' you want to stay up there, and you can't do it by loafing around.
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Our relationship with Mexico in this regard is unique for us, and in many respects unique in the world.
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I remember fear and I remember the potential of nuclear war.
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Tom Foley was a statesman, and it was a privilege to serve under him when he was the Speaker of the House. He loved our country. He was a gentleman. I had the privilege of seeing him a couple days before he passed away.
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There are a lot of dynamics and a lot of politics that go into records and getting played on the radio.
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At the age of 20 I bought a used Fiat 127. This was the only one I could afford!
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Wherever there's an all-encompassing 'always,' 'all' or 'never' in your life, it's a sign that your mischievous subconscious is setting you up for failure by consistently leading you back toward these repeat performances.
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Look, sometimes, no matter how hard you try, sometimes you need a bit of luck.
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Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.
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I have an almost religious zeal... not for technology per se, but for the Internet which is for me, the nervous system of mother Earth, which I see as a living creature, linking up.
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The best work I can do is to take myself as much as I can out of it and get it as simple as I can.
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The ads all call me fearless, but that's just publicity. Anyone who thinks I'm not scared out of my mind whenever I do one of my stunts is crazier than I am.
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The influence of one's parents is powerful and permanent.
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I've found a formula for avoiding these exaggerated fears of age; you take care of every day - let the calendar take care of the years.
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I handle screenings and award ceremonies really badly.
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A necessary consequent of religious belief is the attaching ideas of merit to that belief, and of demerit to its absence.
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I feel like so much of why I sort of want to work in television is so that people know to come see me live.
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I get to swim in the ocean every single day, which is a very, very important thing to do to stay connected.
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Every day I turn on my television set and I see Newt Gingrich on television, I rejoice.
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I was fortunate enough to meet Sophie Dahl. And I'm slightly in love with Scarlett Johansson: she's just stunning. And she's bright, which is incredibly sexy.
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Everyone has their own different life experiences which make them who they are. No two people's life experiences are the same. And mine are just unique to me.
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Percussion is the most adaptable family of instruments. The biggest challenge is to project percussion in a lyrical way.
