Andreas Moritz Quotes
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People adored Element 13's color and luster, which reminded them of the sparkle of gold and silver - a brand-new precious metal. In fact, aluminum became more precious than gold and silver in the 19th century because it was harder to obtain.
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You get to a point where it's like you can't really do anything right, and people will pick on you for whatever decisions you make, so I just try and take no notice and get on with my music.
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Indian classical music was born when time barely existed. It developed further within the structures of royal courts and a system of patronage where the ruler or the feudal master determined all.
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People first concern themselves with meeting their basic needs; only afterwards, do they pursue any higher needs.
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Well, you know, I was through the whole of the Second World War and saw all my friends killed.
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One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing.
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We are known as one of the few truly antifascist families in Munich.
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I'd like to give people leaden boots in galleries, so they'd be a bit slower in front of my paintings. And that's because I spend so much time looking at them. I can look at them a long, long time without getting bored. I disappear.
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As far as acting goes, you get to a certain point where, I think, everyone can do the job, and it comes down to a level of commitment. I think sometimes all you have to do is show up.
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Playing and listening to music gives you a sense of fulfilment because you have to put everything in you at its disposal.
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I've not sat with my agent going: 'Where is the next hopeless girl I can play?' They just come along.
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My tastes and inspirational artists were always rather eclectic and diverse.
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I went through a lot of phases and studied many religions. I am not into religion, I am spiritual.
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The State Marriage Defense Act helps safeguard the ability of states to preserve traditional marriage for their citizens.
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The kind of audience I'm speaking to is a very wide range of people.
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When I got the role in 'Homeland,' it really opened something up. Other people respected me more as an actor, doors were opened, and I understood for the first time that it wasn't personal. All that rejection wasn't personal.
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When you realize that the uncut 'Porgy and Bess' started me off, that I'd have the opportunity to do a ton of 'Stoppard,' 'Hairspray,' that I'm able to do 'Il Trittico' at the Met – how do I top that?
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When I see someone for the first time in a while, and they ask, 'How have you been?' or 'What have you been up to?', it's politeness but a bit of a conversation stopper.
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If someone is going to criticize what you've written and you believe in what you've written then you should respond.
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I'm writing, and just doing the same thing I always do.
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Human beings will be happier - not when they cure cancer or get to Mars or eliminate racial prejudice or flush Lake Erie but when they find ways to inhabit primitive communities again. That's my utopia.
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When I was dealing with the eating disorder, I wanted to look like the stick-thin models, but then I started reading fitness magazines and seeing these girls with great bodies that weren’t too muscular.
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I sang in church choir all my life, through elementary school, junior high and high school.
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Cancer - a more or less permanent traffic jam in the body.
