Yo-Yo Ma Quotes
The tradition of classical music and the opera is such that it used to be the place where social intercourse could take place between all parts of society: politicians, industrialists, artists, citizens, etc. That tradition, I think, still exists, but it's much, much more diluted.
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Susan B. Anthony must be turning in her grave if she knew that millions of women who have the right to vote are not exercising it. Why? Because they haven't got the interest or the time, or they have just given up hope.
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I'm doing my best to mindfully raise my son to feel safe and encouraged to express himself.
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I would like to see more Bollywood films! The more stylized musicals are a new trend in the U.S. We are beginning to make musicals again after a long break, practically since the days of the studio structure, so perhaps we can learn a few things from Bollywood about this fun style of film-making.
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I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
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There are so many different criteria for my collecting, and I have to confess that the goalposts do shift. But obviously, with my background, I am particularly drawn to things that have been documented in contemporary magazines.
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I love learning new things that will never be put to practical use.
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For mothers who must earn, there is indeed no leisure time problem. The long hours of earning are increased by the hours of domestic labor, until no slightest margin for relaxation or change of thought remains.
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I'm the worst person to be stuck with in a traffic jam.
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Seasonality in winter doesn't have to mean sleep-inducing, stew-like, starchy casseroles.
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We're so marriage-obsessed, we think that only married people are families.
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I'm not at all a hero. I'm a wussy.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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I never know what is going to have that 'X' factor and what isn't.
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I think the tone of the show has certainly changed over the years, because it's really, really hard to do something different when you have a show going on as long as this has.
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The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
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If there is a meaning in life at all, then there must be a meaning in suffering. Suffering is an ineradicable part of life, even as fate and death. Without suffering and death, human life cannot be complete.
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The opportunity, number one, to work with Ang Lee is an amazing thing for me.
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This country is pretty amazing.
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The earth is the very quintessence of the human condition.
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It looks like it's been furnished by discount stores.
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The joy of Christmas causes hundreds of radio stations around the country to play Christmas music all day, and people will exchange millions of gifts to remember the first gift of Christmas, the infant Jesus.
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The artistic process in digital art is very much the same as for making other kinds of paintings.
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One new reality is global interconnectivity and the fact that all challenges must be addressed on the basis of 'togetherness.' Thus the most crucial factor in accepting the new reality and confronting its opportunities and risks is our willingness to develop shared norms on all levels.
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The tradition of classical music and the opera is such that it used to be the place where social intercourse could take place between all parts of society: politicians, industrialists, artists, citizens, etc. That tradition, I think, still exists, but it's much, much more diluted.
