Sol Hurok Quotes
If they're (his clients) not temperamental, I don't want them. It's in the nature of a great artist to be that way.
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I loved every place I lived and traveled. London, Paris, Rome, Venice. I fell hard for Central America and Mexico. In each country, I had fantasies that I could live there.
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I always went with my agenda, I just couldn't execute it.
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You know, I've sold a lot of bad movies in my time.
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One of the ideas that was developed at MIT in a workshop was, imagine this pipe, and you've got valves, solenoid valves, taps, opening and closing. You create like a water curtain with pixels made of water. If those pixels fall, you can write on it: you can show patterns, images, text.
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I'm really into Greek yogurt, fruit and almonds. Those are my 'go-to' snacks.
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When I recorded my solo album, 'Keep It Hid,' in 2008, I'd gotten more interested in songwriting, inspired by reading Charles Bukowski and connecting with unfancy, interesting language.
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In an ideal world, I'd spend every weekend at my home in Zermatt in Switzerland.
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A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
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I can tell you that my family in the absolute worst of times has seen the absolute best in people. And, that has given us more strength than could ever imagine.
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What is American music? The most satisfying answer I've come across is that it was a kind of natural comfort with the vernacular which is diverse and regional; it's not one particular set of sounds.
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My dream is to be on my boat. Or on an island. Or in my house in the country. That's my dream.
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Not wishing to be disturbed over moral issues of the political economy, Americans cling to the notion that the government is a sort of automatic machine, regulated by the balancing of competing interests.
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The aim of my life is the overthrow of monarchy.
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Every time there's an election, people start to criticize China.
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Oh, yes; you Virginians shed barrels of perspiration while standing off at a distance and superintending the work your slaves do for you. It is different with us. Here it is every fellow for himself, or he doesn't get there.
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Do stuff that scares you on a regular basis. I think it's good for the body and for the mind.
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I began as a model, but that did not really hold my interest for too long! I believe I stood out from the parade of models trying to make it in Hollywood, which helped launch my career beyond the one-night-stand horror movie.
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I have a very balanced posture about the political situation in my country.
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Anything where we're the butt of the joke, no one tells us about it.
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The many refugees are not a Greek or German problem. They are a European problem. We should therefore develop a common strategy. That's why I am launching a cross-border movement for more democracy.
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Here take back the stuff that I am, nature, knead it back into the dough of being, make of me a bush, a cloud, whatever you will, even a man, only no longer make me me.
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Work is an addiction. I've always done too much. It's in my nature.
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I was able to endure and play a special part in music history. And I always managed to keep working, even if I wasnt a big solo artist.
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If they're (his clients) not temperamental, I don't want them. It's in the nature of a great artist to be that way.
