Evelyn Glennie Quotes
I think I can only help to expose percussion to all sorts of people. The balance between the lighter and more serious side is important.
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If I can't face my accusers, that's a joke. We did that in medieval times.
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I personally don't think you should ever date someone you work with, will work with, etc. I won't ever date an actor.
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We believed that to understand literature, you had to understand its place in history and culture.
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Rarely do you walk down the street doing anything that my grandparent's generation did. And half of that comes with the technology advances.
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Some of the craziest people I've met, in my life, are some of the most brilliant people I've met.
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I had my own motor boat which we would take to Khadakvasla, but that was 40 years ago.
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It's well worth making your own harissa, but there are some very good commercial varieties.
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When I get the ball with my back to goal, I like to be in touching contact. I need to feel the guy. He will try to take the ball, and I will go past him.
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The beautiful uncut hair of graves.
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Some might think that George W. Bush had his shortcomings, but let me tell you something – history's going to be kind to George W. Bush.
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People always think actors are really 'out there,' so you wouldn't have me pegged as one, but I knew pretty early on it was what I wanted to do, and I think that's pretty lucky.
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I don't read as much as people may expect. In fact, sometimes I feel that I should probably read more, but then I do believe that one of the big problems of our times is that there's too much reading and not enough thinking.
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What I saw when I was a child was my father who was a pilot, and because of circumstances was thrown into the political system, and all I saw when was small after my grandmother died was my father in constant - constant combat with the system in India, and then I saw him die, actually.
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'Orange Is the New Black' was by far the most watched show in both France and Germany and, in fact, all of the markets that we launched.
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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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When you have been just told that the girl you love is definitely betrothed to another, you begin to understand how Anarchists must feel when the bomb goes off too soon.
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I try to learn from the past, but I plan for the future by focusing exclusively on the present. That's where the fun is.
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After a point, it doesn't matter where you come from. There are many star kids who haven't done well in the industry and rank newcomers who have done amazingly well.
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There are times when we suffer innocently at other people’s hands. When that occurs, we are victims of injustice. But that injustice happens on a horizontal plane. No one ever suffers injustice on the vertical plane. That is, no one ever suffers unjustly in terms of his or her relationship with God. As long as we bear the guilt of sin, we cannot protest that God is unjust in allowing us to suffer.
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Some stories, my property, have been stolen. Someone's appropriated them. It's an illicit act. It's unfair. Suppose you had a coat you liked, and somebody went into your closet and stole it. That's how I feel.
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My elbows are double-jointed, so I can flip them inside out.
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I think when you're a writer most of what you read influences you. The rhythms get into your head.
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Now anyone can move anywhere. I've made deep connections with people around the world since I tour everywhere that I will simply never see again.
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I think I can only help to expose percussion to all sorts of people. The balance between the lighter and more serious side is important.
