Michel Legrand Quotes
To play piano is a significant part of my life, my existence. It fulfills a very physical & spiritual need for me.
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I wasn't a visionary but I literally had my finger on the pulse of the women of America.
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Even a cock crows over his own dunghill.
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I never sell a book. I sell myself. And the way to sell yourself is to be an instrument of love.
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I think 'Caprica' is a little out of left field, which is kind of what I love about it. It's a little different. The first couple of episodes are really about wrapping your head around this world. I love 'Grey's Anatomy,' but I think it's the same kind of concept: You just get lost in this world, and you believe what they're setting up.
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I applaud anyone who wants to take on the load that comes with being President of the United States. You really have to love your country to place yourself in that position.
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Accomplishment is such a patronizing, dangerous word, isn't it? I haven't really accomplished anything. The most accomplished thing I've done is to have lived this long - 81.
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I think it's OK to be confident in yourself.
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The surveillance of ordinary people is far greater than I would have imagined and far greater than the American public has been able to debate.
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Any time you challenge a big powerful person or special interest, there's going to be blowback.
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Poetry leads us to the unstructured sources of our beings, to the unknown, and returns us to our rational, structured selves refreshed.
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We saw - we conducted the experiment. I mean, it's been done. We saw Apple with Steve Jobs. We saw Apple without Steve Jobs. We saw Apple with Steve Jobs. Now, we're gonna see Apple without Steve Jobs.
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I try to write down every song that comes to me, even though I know that every song that comes to me isn't a song that I need to sing.
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I think there is a poem out there for everyone, to be an entrance into the poetry and a relationship with it.
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Employees that feel known and they feel like they know why their job matters and they have a sense of measuring it stay later, do extra work, and are committed to the organization above the requirements that they have.
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I like writing people from a slightly sharp angle and then throwing more light on them. I think in life we see somebody and make judgments very quickly about who they are and what they are. Or we think people are boring because they appear ordinary.
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Whatever you do, do it with all your might. Work at it, early and late, in season and out of season, not leaving a stone unturned, and never deferring for a single hour that which can be done just as well now.
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He has missed the finest lesson of culture and experience who has not learned how to enjoy without owning.
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My buddies worked with me for weeks, and I went up to take my test, and started crying because I couldn't remember the words. I can remember songs. If you put it to a melody, I would have sung it to 'em in a minute.
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I think it wasn't so much that the White House altered me in any essential way as that I found the resources with which to respond to a series of challenges. You never know what you can do until you have to do it. In the beginning, it was like going to a party you're terrified of, and finding out to your amazement that you're having a good time.
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There is something to be said about a guy who is attractive and doesn't know it. I hate men who are overconfident.
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Cooking with kids is not just about ingredients, recipes, and cooking. It's about harnessing imagination, empowerment, and creativity.
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A writer judging his own work is like deceived husband - he is frequently the last person to appreciate the true state of affairs.
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To play piano is a significant part of my life, my existence. It fulfills a very physical & spiritual need for me.
