Benjamin Zander Quotes
Mistakes can be like ice. If we resist them, we may keep on slipping into a posture of defeat. If we include mistakes in our definition of performance, we are likely to glide through them and appreciate the beauty of the longer run.
Quotes to Explore
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I don't believe in one ideal beauty.
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You don't have to fear defeat if you believe it may reveal powers that you didn't know you possessed.
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Beauty without expression is boring.
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Helping set the day's agenda and deciding what we used and editing it, that was a journalistic high point. I liked reporting as well. Just doing the news - the live performance - wasn't important. Working on the desk was.
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Beauty in distress is much the most affecting beauty.
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Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.
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Generally, I like making my own mistakes and learning from them because that's what I think life is about.
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I think sci-fi films have become rather bleak, and understandably so - I think we've made some big mistakes globally with how we're developing, and we deal with that guilt by creating these very dystopian futures in films.
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One of the biggest mistakes people make when they cook for other people is to think that it has to be fancy and elaborate. This results in enormous expense and nine days of labor, plus you end up trying to assemble a croquembouche in front of your guests and everyone's experiencing flop sweat.
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Specialists are people who always repeat the same mistakes.
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Adele's look is meticulously thought through and completely of her own traits. She has such a powerful beauty, such an emotional voice, and the kohl, the hair, everything feels organically molded to her personality.
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My unusual beauty tip is that I often use Vaseline to take my make up off. It works great and is good for sensitive skin.
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I like the beauty of Faulkner's poetry. But I don't like his themes, not at all.
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Moviewise, I would love to make the story of princess Erendira. She was a 16 year old princess/warrior who led her tribe in war against the Spanish around 1513. She almost defeated them, and the Tarascans were the only tribe the Aztecs couldn't defeat.
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She is a peacock in everything but beauty.
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Familiarity is a magician that is cruel to beauty but kind to ugliness.
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When a system is stable, telling the worker about mistakes is only tampering.
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When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty but when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.
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Performance stands out like a ton of diamonds. Nonperformance can always be explained away.
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I look at old performance videos now, and it's really funny - I thought I was such a gangster!
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Nourish yourself with grand and austere ideas of beauty that feed the soul Seek solitude.
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No matter what our personal circumstances may be, if we ourselves become a source of light, then there will be no darkness in the world.
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Kurt Cobain represents a very legit, realistic outlook. Before that, in my head, to be a white artist was to be privileged.
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Mistakes can be like ice. If we resist them, we may keep on slipping into a posture of defeat. If we include mistakes in our definition of performance, we are likely to glide through them and appreciate the beauty of the longer run.
