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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People think that there is so much money in tennis, but the reality is unless you're ranked in about the top 50 you don't earn much at all. It is hard to support yourself travelling the world, to be away from home most of the year and to pay for a coach to help you become a better player.
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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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I was patriarch To Elijah and Elijah. I was there at the crucifixion Of the merciful Mabon.
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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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My daughter likes Korean drama more than I do.
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It's important to wallow and grieve when you have a health issue. I don't think you really get the best stuff out of life until you've had the worst stuff.
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I will persist until I succeed. I was not deIivered unto this world in defeat, nor does failure course in my veins. I am not a sheep waiting to be prodded by my shepherd.
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I want to speak seventeen languages. When you think like that, you'll be consumed by failure. I'm haunted daily by what I don't know.
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If you possess the ability to learn from your mistakes, then failure is literally impossible, because each rejection brings you closer to perfection.
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It is only through failure and through experiment that we learn and grow.
