Isaac Stern Quotes
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Being funny with a funny voice is more my comfort zone, a broader character that I try to humanize, a kind of silly or wacky persona that I try to fill in.
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I'm not musically inclined. It blows my mind that people can write music. I don't have that talent; I look up to the people that do.
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Readers are very, very savvy, and I don't want to insult them by making them think I'm too lazy to get it right.
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Even when the characters are supposed to be accustomed to the wonder, I try to weave an air of awe and impressiveness corresponding to what the reader should feel. A casual style ruins any serious fantasy.
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I would love an upgrade from the Nielsen box; it feels so antiquated to me.
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The mentality of the Russian demands a lord, a czar, a president.
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The next time you experience a blackout, take some solace by looking at the sky. You will not recognize it.
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Hope can be the most wonderful thing in the world or it can crush your heart like an eggshell.
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I'm not really a girl who likes to go out to lunch or cocktails or store openings.
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I can't act without music very well.
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I'm not clever enough to be in machinations and real politics.
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When I had a child, everyone was telling me that I was going to see the world through her eyes, and everything was going to get this nice gloss to it. I kept waiting for that to happen, and thought there was a real problem with me that it wasn't.
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Music is something that is supposed to connect people on a pure level.
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At one time, the Left had a monopoly not merely of the media and academia, but also of the world of policy think tanks.
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I have watched people who have nothing to do with the film business, but who have become part of the circle for a short period of time. They can be truly devastated when the film wraps and people leave.
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On 'Scandal,' the majority of the cast, if not all of the cast, comes from theater, so it's a healthy environment. People come into work and actually go home to their families.
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I'm scared of everything. I think it's only sensible to be that way.
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My mother," he said, "has invited us to a ball." Elena pulled a blade from one of the butter-soft forearm sheaths that had been a gift from Raphael. "Excuse me while I stab myself in the eyes-and disembowel myself while I'm at it.
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Men's hearts are cold. They are indifferent.
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I believe in a packed Heaven and an empty Hell.
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It is after creation, in the elation of success, or the gloom of failure, that love becomes essential.
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Total failure isn't something I want to spend a lot of time envisioning. I'm pretty sure I'll recognize it if it comes.
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It is only through failure and through experiment that we learn and grow.
