Yo-Yo Ma Quotes
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I think I'm somebody who takes praise with a very big - probably too big - pinch of salt.
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A fair question could be posed in this fashion: If people are not obeying existing laws, what makes us think they would obey any new laws?
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I think that every so-called history book and film biography should be prefaced by the statement that what follows is the author's rendition of events and circumstances.
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If the many allegations made to this date are true, then the burglars who broke into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate were, in effect, breaking into the home of every citizen.
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My schedule is too overwhelmingly full to think about the future.
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A confident woman is a sexy woman, in my opinion. And I think guys find that to be the same way.
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I don't think Will does get upstaged because his reaction is always funnier than what is actually happening. That is also the reason Tommy is funnier than Will.
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The juvenile sea squirt wanders through the sea searching for a suitable rock or hunk of coral to cling to and make its home for life. For this task, it has a rudimentary nervous system. When it finds its spot and takes root, it doesn't need its brain anymore so it eats it!
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I think I was dealt a good hand. I have happy genes.
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When I write for kids, I have to make sure they know what can't happen. They have to know it's a fantasy. But when I write for adults, they have to think it's real. Every detail has to be real or they won't buy it.
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My mother and I were very close and even when I left home and came to London I would ring her every day. She was very proud of me and loved my celebrity. She would often come to shoots and TV shows with me.
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I think everyone needs to be a role model, period.
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I'm just glad my gold medal's at home, because I'd hate to try to win another.
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I'm surprised how hot it gets in the Moab Desert. I knew it got hot, but I didn't think it got, like, Mercury-hot.
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What I think a doctor should do is prevent disease, by any means necessary.
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Young readers are the most challenging, demanding, and rewarding of audiences. Adults often ask why I write for the younger set. My reply: 'I can't think of anyone I'd rather write for.'
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I lived the baseball life as a kid, with my dad in it. And I lived the baseball life as an adult, because I was in it. When I retired, I wanted the opportunity to be a little bit more flexible and home-based for my kids.
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I think with anything where you delve into the back story of an artist, it kind of explains their work more intimately.
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I think a generation ago, dads went to work, they came home, and they had their dinner, had a drink, and then went to bed. I don't know what it was like in your house, but that is how it was in mine. I think it is cool to have the dads in the trenches and doing the real parenting work.
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The most important of the Lord's work you will ever do will be the work you do within the walls of your own home.
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I always think it's better to be not taking drugs or drinking or anything. That's not saying I've never done it because I have. But I sort of learned I think after a while there has been - it didn't take me that long to realize that it wasn't a good thing.
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The metaphor of Exodus is one that has dogged the Jews from the outset. Their very success attracts resentment.
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People saw me as just a singer – yeah, a pretty face who could sing – and not more than that.
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I think anybody who goes away finds you appreciate home more when you return.
