Itzhak Perlman Quotes
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Obviously, as you get a little older, you are not going to be quite as quick or quite as strong, and so I might be regarded by some as the underdog... There is actually a statue of Big Ben and I in Perth, Ont., and I was on a Canadian stamp once, and normally you have to be dead to do either of those things, and, well, here I am, still going.
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I have to be on such a strict diet constantly.
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Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.
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Some people feel that what we're doing makes no sense, that it's just a waste of money. But it's working.
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We don't think that we are in a quarrel with anybody. We may have a difference of opinion, but we'll not allow such differences of opinion to grow into a problem that stands in the way of reconstructing the country and regaining the democratic path.
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Animation is different from other parts. Its language is the language of caricature. Our most difficult job was to develop the cartoon's unnatural but seemingly natural anatomy for humans and animals.
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An epic is not made by piecing together a set of heroic lays, adjusting their discrepancies and making them into a continuous narrative.
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If you know you are giving your best effort, you'll never have any reason for regrets.
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No one wants to see a person on TV who's super-ultra-cool. That's Superman, that's a thing of the past. Heroes are now flawed, and have terrible tempers, you know? They're real people.
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Most Americans are more concerned about the economy and job creation. And they can't understand why the Obama administration or the Democrat majority in Congress wants to pass a bill like the cap-and-trade tax that will cost us jobs, that will hurt our economy, that will drive up costs for families, as well as for small businesses.
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People work hard.
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I've been recognized very seldom. I think I just look different in person than I do as the character.
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I was popular. I wasn't the most popular. But I definitely held my own.
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I haven't had many relationships.
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You can't watch 'Daredevil' or 'Jessica Jones' or the Marvel films and not be aware that the villain has to be awesome. I've always wanted to have more space. And the scope, morally, is more broad for the villain than the hero.
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You accomplish what you want to accomplish. I just don't ever want to hurt anybody doing it.
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We should make it as easy as possible to be able to get a legal work visa - not citizenship, not a green card. Just a work visa, with a background check and a Social Security card so that applicable taxes would get paid.
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I would never do an album with 10 songs like 'Jump Start' on it. I'll only go so far to please fans.
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I walk my dog at dawn because I don't like people to be around.
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As parents, we have kids who reflect back to us our addiction to devices, and we have all sorts of worries about whether this is a healthy thing.
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I never put a premium on making a living. It was never one of those things that was important to me.
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I have now established an enviable way of living, and if anyone wants anything from me they must come to me.
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I started out with piano when I was little. That, for songwriting, is my favorite instrument.
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You decide to be a musician, you have to put in the time.
