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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If I get involved in a charity, I really want to be a part of it. I don't want to just put my name on your pamphlet.
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To gastroenterologists, the concept of a germ causing ulcers was like saying that the Earth is flat.
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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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When you know your intention, you are in a position to choose the consequences that you will create for yourself. When you choose an intention that creates consequences for which you are willing to be responsible, that is a responsible choice.
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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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French fries. I love them. Some people are chocolate and sweets people. I love French fries. That and caviar.
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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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I've purged myself of bitterness and anger and remained open to love.
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Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.
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I'm sorry I didn't go to jail for six months, then I know you could come to see me anytime you wanted to.
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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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Well, you know, I never want to feel like I have a set plan of what I'm supposed to do. I kind of like to go script by script, and if I like the character and like the story that's why I want to do a movie.
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The audience is the barometer of the truth.
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I imagine that yes is the only living thing.
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I try for a poetic language that says, This is who we are, where we have been, where we are. This is where we must go. And this is what we must do.
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Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.
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It's a torturous time when you learn almost everything you really have to know about survival. The important thing to remember when you are living through it, however, is that you have absolutely no idea quite how smart and strong and beautiful the pain will make you. So go forth and suffer...you'll rule the world.
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The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play.
