Yo-Yo Ma Quotes
Music is powered by ideas. If you don't have clarity of ideas, you're just communicating sheer sound.

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The next phase of the journey is to move from speculation to actual use cases - people getting into Bitcoin because they want to use it.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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There must be a goal at every stage of life! There must be a goal!
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I never wanted to give up my given name. I'm proud of it, but the only problem was that no one remembered it. It was just a little too awkward, and they mispronounced it so frequently.
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I'd like to be Queen Elizabeth.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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My schedule is so crazy.
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I think it's OK to be confident in yourself.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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God, I can push the grass apart and lay my finger on Thy heart.
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I was raised doing martial arts.
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Everyone has noticed how hard it is to turn our thoughts to God when everything is going well with us... While what we call 'our own life' remains agreeable, we will not surrender it to Him. What, then, can God do in our interests but make 'our own life' less agreeable to us, and take away the plausible sources of false happiness?
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I don't think I'm the world's most die-hard sci-fi fan, but I definitely grew up watching 'Star Trek' religiously - all of them: the original, 'Next Generation,' 'Deep Space Nine,' 'Voyager.' I think sci-fi has an important place in the cinema world. Fantasy is a big part of why films actually exist.
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I'm nearsighted in my right eye, have glaucoma in my left, and the nerves in my hands are on Medicare. Basically, I'm on the wrong end of a short sale.
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Let's overwhelm the Castro regime with iPhones, iPads, American cars and American ingenuity.
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My career is playing the guys who go, 'Boo.' That's what I do.
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My grandparents lived in Hollywood, and I was surrounded by the romanticism of movies ever since I was a child.
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Going back to my own past as a reader, I was a big, big reader of romances, particularly as a teenager, the age that my books are aimed at.
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When you go see a good DJ, you'll know it, man - you'll know it in your bones. Between the guy who's phoning it in and the guy who's obsessively working it to give you the best show of his life.
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Next to the word 'luvvie' in the dictionary, there's a picture of me. At least in the American editions.
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A male gynecologist is like an auto mechanic who has never owned a car.
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This music is about struggle. Reggae is a vehicle to carry a message of freedom and peace.
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Music is powered by ideas. If you don't have clarity of ideas, you're just communicating sheer sound.