Yehudi Menuhin Quotes
Many people do not realise that it takes considerably more art and skill to play the violin lightly than it does to play it loudly. Indeed, the best possible training for young violinists is learning to play pianissimo and without pressure.
Quotes to Explore
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Women can't be afraid to look like action heroes. It's not always pretty, but when it's on the screen, it translates well to the audience.
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All institutions have lapses, even great ones, especially by individual rogue employees - famously in recent years at 'The Washington Post,' 'The New York Times,' and the three original TV networks.
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Since I never get on a scale, I have no idea how much weight I've lost!
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I was brought up in an environment where my parents expressed their financial concerns in front of their children.
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A newspaperman said, 'You have to have a team in New York.' I replied, 'Who says you have to have a team in New York?' What came out in the papers was a headline that said, Giles Says, 'Who needs New York?' I confess that quote bothered me, and there seemed to be no way to dispose of it. It was repeated again and again.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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Playing evil is just not interesting. I don't think anyone who does evil stuff thinks they're doing evil stuff. That's the scary part.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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God doesn't know things. He is things.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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As many of you know I travel a good bit and do not get to see my friends and family as much as I would like.
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Librarians have always stood up for writers and readers in every kind of community across this country.
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I never saw a contradiction between the ideas that sustain me and the ideas of that symbol, of that extraordinary figure, Jesus Christ.
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I like the condition of being an outsider, just passing through.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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She looked at me penetratingly. So I suppose you can figure out what happened next.
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Horseback riding is my passion. Other than work. People can't imagine me getting dirty, but that's what I love about it.
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There's always a version of me who is the narrator. And I make myself look better than other people.
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DURING the first years of my service in Dr. Flint's family, I was accustomed to share some indulgences with the children of my mistress.
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My dad had a series of heart attacks when I was a little girl, and our world was shaped by these huge, traumatic events.
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Yes! The Tommo is back!
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My mom is a nurse; my dad is a pediatrician. They were born in the 1940s, and they were both inspired to fight against injustice, whether it was the injustices of the Vietnam War or Watergate or children in poverty or oppression of African Americans in Philadelphia where I was growing up.
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Many people do not realise that it takes considerably more art and skill to play the violin lightly than it does to play it loudly. Indeed, the best possible training for young violinists is learning to play pianissimo and without pressure.
