Evelyn Glennie Quotes
I just assumed the world was full of solo percussionists. I couldn't find sticks or music or anything where I was, but that was expected because there was nothing there anyway. And I think that was possibly the greatest asset for me, just not knowing.
Quotes to Explore
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Humans are a social species more than any other, and in order to build a community, which for some reason humans have to do in order to live, we have to solve the communication problem. Language is the tool that was invented to solve that problem.
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I do small things. I try to do good things every day.
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There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.
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Going out at night and having a fabulous social life takes a lot out of you, and I don't know if I have that much to give, honestly. I would rather give that time to my kids or spend that time reading a book or watching a film. I am selfish and lazy.
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We did an album one time called White Mansions, about the civil war, but it was written by a guy from England. His looking at it from over there and it not being a part of his history made it so he could be objective.
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Today is either the beginning of the end, or the end of the beginning. Today we are making history.
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Low interest rates are a big opportunity for investment. But the issue is that this money should go to the real economy, not the financial economy.
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To me there is no picture so beautiful as smiling, bright-eyed, happy children; no music so sweet as their clear and ringing laughter.
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I was doing about five movies a year for many years. I was just so tired. I walked around feeling like a Mack truck hit me.
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I don't like to meddle in my private affairs.
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There are kids out there that are into Iron Maiden and others who are strictly into industrial music, but they come for the same reason; they all like us and they different things out of the band's music.
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As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.
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Endangered species are our friends.
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I hate dream sequences in movies and T.V. shows generally for their heavy-handed symbolism and storytelling tediousness.
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The Mexicans are not going to build the wall... they're not going to do it.
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Quien ha visto con los ojos abiertos, puede volver a ver, pero con los ojos cerrados.
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I got my dog back, in African-American language, your dog means your passion, your fire.
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Detroit, the heart of the country... I grew up on 10 Mile, 2 miles better than 8 Mile.
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Through meditative techniques, one can free the mind of delusions and attain what we call enlightenment.
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I believe that if you have revolutionary potential, you must make the world a better place and use it.
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I used to have the Virgin music [stores], and I would go there and just go up the escalator and say to myself, 'I'm soaking in these last moments of anonymity.' I knew I was going to make it this far; I knew that this was going to happen
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Ah, music," he said, wiping his eyes. "A magic far beyond all we do here! And now, bedtime. Off you trot!
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I just assumed the world was full of solo percussionists. I couldn't find sticks or music or anything where I was, but that was expected because there was nothing there anyway. And I think that was possibly the greatest asset for me, just not knowing.
