Miroslav Vitous Quotes
They [the teachers at European conservatories] taught us because they wanted to pass the knowledge on and educate young musicians. It was not because they had to teach because they failed as musicians. There is a huge difference in the reasons why someone is teaching and what they can offer and what they cannot offer.
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Born with blue spectacles, you would think the world was blue and never be conscious of the existence of the distorting glass.
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I didn't feel attractive in high school.
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Win pretty, win ugly, just win.
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I've worked with very few directors who've asked of me what I asked of myself.
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Questions are like the knocks of beggarmen, and should not be minded.
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An attitude of positive expectation is the mark of the superior personality.
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We are not free to break our covenants and escape the consequences.
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I've got a friend who is a lion tamer. He used to be a school teacher till he lost his nerve.
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I made a conscious decision that I was not going to have children. I didn't want others raising them, and looking after them myself would get in the way of being a musician and writer.
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They [the teachers at European conservatories] taught us because they wanted to pass the knowledge on and educate young musicians. It was not because they had to teach because they failed as musicians. There is a huge difference in the reasons why someone is teaching and what they can offer and what they cannot offer.
