Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli Quotes
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I have four kids. They are two years apart, and contraception has been very, very good to me.
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With my son, I tried not to be so judgmental and tried not to push him so hard. I didn't want him to feel that everything or that our love for him will be based on how much he has achieved.
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I inherited some Chanel pieces from my mother. I've worn Prada - absolutely. Wonderful designers are inspiring. I also love designers not known. I love a lot of vintage pieces. I am pretty minimal, pretty classic.
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I'm from New York, so I'm not a big driver.
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I love wrestling, but to wrestle just one style for the rest of my life seems like it would really hold me down creatively.
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The discovery of deuterium and the marked differences in the physical and chemical properties of hydrogen and deuterium, together with an efficient method for the separation of these isotopes, have opened an interesting field of research in several of the major branches of science.
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In the mess of moving from place to place, I skipped two grades in the space of one year.
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You see what happens in college and high school games today - a three-point shot or a dunk. I think that's the reason that you see a lot of that in the pros today.
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I'm all over the place, and I consider myself a bit of a scrounger: 'What will I do next, so I'm not broke?'
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The idea that motherhood is inherently somehow a threat to creativity is just absurd.
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You should have high expectations for yourself and others should come second.
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My dad's a Republican. My dad's my mentor. When I was 18 or whatever it was and I decided to register to vote. My dad's Republican, so that's what I decided to register as.
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Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they're already asleep.
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I can't stand Snapchat, but that will be extinct before it is relevant.
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In an open society, no idea can be above scrutiny, just as no people should be beneath dignity.
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I have a horror of people who speak about the beautiful. What is the beautiful? One must speak of problems in painting!
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We all want to be special, to stand out; there's nothing wrong with this. The irony is that every human being is special to start with, because we're unique to start with. But we then go through some sort of boot camp from the age of zero to about 18 where we learn everything we can about how not to be unique.
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You have no idea how it feels to know that you've cut someone to the quick. I'll never do it again, never, never.
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You can know a person by the kind of desk he keeps. If the president of a company has a clean desk then it must be the executive vice president who is doing all the work.
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I was involved with some great things in television that I could never have done in film.
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I have more memories than if I were a thousand years old.
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The danger in having modern music tied to a period piece is that hearing something may take you out of the moment.
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The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art.
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Bad music disturbs me, but wonderful music disturbs me even more.
