Yehudi Menuhin Quotes
I imagine that whatever contribution I can make to teaching derives from having had to rethink and re-create my technique.
Quotes to Explore
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I believed I was invincible.
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The whole atmosphere of the book, the tone of 'The Hobbit,' is of a kid's adventure story, told in the first person by Tolkien, who is introducing young people to the notion of Middle-earth. A lot of it is very light-hearted.
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I try to write stories that will attract younger readers and make them feel part of a wider readership. I do not feel able to write books that are about, or even for, teenagers; and I am inclined to be suspicious of books which 'target' them.
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It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see.
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I've worked my whole life and never missed a deadline.
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Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers?
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I lead a simple life. I feed the fish. I walk the dogs. I cook dinner. Occasionally I take a meeting.
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Believing you're something that you're not excites the mind and the imagination. And it's hopeful.
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If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
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My go-to karaoke? 'Alone' by Celine Dion.
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We have a very long way to go to really penetrate the power structure. Until that happens, you will not see stability among the workforce, among women - in the workforce among women.
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It'd be nice to make lots of money but it's quite difficult, because every time I make lots of money I make a bigger piece that costs lots of money.
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Since all power from the seventh century on was only legitimated by religion, political forces and economic interests pushed for the fabrication of false traditions.
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The body is never more alive than when it is dead; but it is alive in its units, and dead in its totality; alive as a congeries, dead as an organism.
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I grew as close to Madonna as I've ever been to a woman without being romantically involved.
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If you are still being hurt by an event that happened to you at twelve, it is the thought that is hurting you now.
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Unfortunately, changing forms of Internet communication are quickly outpacing laws and technology designed to allow for the lawful intercept of communication content.
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A social worker named Cosette Rae, along with a therapist named Hilarie Cash, founded 'ReSTART' in what, until then, had been Rae's house.
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Why should we put ourselves out of our way to do anything for posterity? For what has posterity ever done for us?
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It is possible there will be much less support for NATO because there is a lot of identification of the United States with NATO.
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Vain-glorious men are the scorn of the wise, the admiration of fools, the idols of paradise, and the slaves of their own vaunts.
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Some boys go to college and eventually succeed in getting out. Others go to college and never succeed in getting out. The latter are called professors.
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I imagine that whatever contribution I can make to teaching derives from having had to rethink and re-create my technique.
