Isaac Stern Quotes
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I'm so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes.
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I brought several national projects to Katihar.
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The mob spirit has grown with the increasing intelligence of the Afro-American.
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The rules of evidence in the main are based on experience, logic, and common sense, less hampered by history than some parts of the substantive law.
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An ounce of performance is worth pounds of promises.
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When I saw rappers in the '90s cameo in films - all of those '90s rappers - it seemed like whenever you chucked a rapper in a film, they could just act. It seemed like all rappers could act.
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Man is an imagining being.
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Middle Age - later than you think and sooner than you expect.
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Philanthropic dollars are precious resources, so it's our responsibility to consider how we use them carefully. Yet few of us spend enough time doing so.
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We are also further than ever from equality of opportunity.
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We do need different types of propulsion to get to Mars. I wrote one of the first Ph.D. theses on that in the 1960s.
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It's been a concern of mine for years that the mainstream media coverage of culture and politics takes place in two nodes, Washington and New York, and yet all the voting goes on somewhere else.
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Here's the thing about Red Sox fans, or actually just fans from that region, in general: they appreciate the effort. And if you mail it in or if you give 80 percent, even with a win, they'll let you know that's not how you do it. They want - if it's comedian, if it's a musician, bring us your best show.
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I look forward to an honest debate with Governor Palin on the issues, in the unlikely event that she ever learns anything about them.
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God is still up there. The arrogance of people to think that we, human beings, would be able to change what He is doing in the climate, to me, is outrageous.
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As a company grows, things get stuck at the top. It can be a bottleneck.
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I stick the collages on the wall and, if I still like them after a month or two, I make a painting.
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Her hat is a creation that will never go out of style; it will just look ridiculous year after year.
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At the end of the day, the question to ask yourself is this: do your expenses, big and small, bring you the thrill they once did?
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I wondered had I really oversold the Hubble. I have to admit that, since, I have been convinced that I didn't.
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If it weren't for how esoteric the art world likes to be, I would love actually to play the music in the shows, painting the music that influences me most.
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The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short.
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You can do a good job when you play it safe, but you can't do a spectacular job. You have to risk it and be in danger of looking like an absolute fool.
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Music is like making love: either all or nothing.
