Richard Strauss Quotes
The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play.
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Religion often is misused for purely power-political goals, including war.
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I used to watch movies - silent movies - and stock companies and theater whenever I could.
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I think any time you have a super team, whether it's all men or all women or both, what you have are people with very unique strengths that aren't always totally compatible.
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I don't want to lose what I've won.
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Before 'Lucky Louie,' nobody would ever cast me to play a mom or a wife; nobody ever saw me in that role, which is weird, since that's who I really am.
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People work hard.
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Different directors offer you different things, and it's not necessarily the most obvious things.
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Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.
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We all have our own little thing, I think.
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I went to high school in Stockton, CA.
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If someone says you're a reporter and doesn't want you to anchor then you wonder why you worked so hard at it.
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I live in New York and got a call from my agent saying there was this new role on 'Mad Men,' it might be recurring and they're seeing people tomorrow. I said, 'OK, this is one of those things where you hedge your bets, use your miles and get on a plane.' I flew out Tuesday morning and got the job on a Wednesday.
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'The Voice' ignited a fire in me to be an artist and to be a country singer, but not winning ignited an even bigger fire, because I was just like, 'First of all, I know that I want this'; now I wanted it even more, 'cause I didn't know if I had a record deal.
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Who's not a fan of Don Williams? He's the gentle giant.
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One of Lady Antebellum's first big tours was opening up for Kenny Chesney.
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I am big into water sports and just being out on the water. That is second nature to me, being from Florida.
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'Catcher in the Rye' changed my life when I was a kid. I read it as I was a boy turning into a man, and I was so fascinated by the values. I believe in it.
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I try to begin with a strong grasp of my characters. Even if it's schematic, I need it clear in my head who these people are.
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In an essay, you have the outcome in your pocket before you set out on your journey, and very rarely do you make an intellectual or psychological discovery. But when you write fiction, you don't know where you are going - sometimes down to the last paragraph - and that is the pleasure of it.
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Death does not trouble me. I have no fear of supernatural punishments, of course, nor could I enjoy an eternal life in which there would be nothing left for me to do, the task of living having been accomplished.
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There are two births: the one when light, First strikes the new awakened sense; The other when two souls unite, And we must count our life from thence, When you loved me and I loved you, Then both of us were born anew.
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For a long time the only time I felt beautiful-in the sense of being complete as a woman, as a human being, and even female-was when I was singing.
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The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play.
