Yo-Yo Ma Quotes
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Today, I guess I give a lot more thought to the roles before I sign them.
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What I'm trying to do is save and rescue the country if I can, and I'm doing my best to do it.
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When I do interviews, I never pre-plan them at all, radio or TV.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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There must be a goal at every stage of life! There must be a goal!
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Like success, failure is many things to many people. With Positive Mental Attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order and prepare to try again.
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I have more of a desire to write songs about being an independent woman than being in love, songs about getting up and moving on even if I have a broken heart.
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We had a good time mucking about during 'Band of Brothers' when we were young and single.
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Finishing games has been something I'm really proud of, seeing something through to the end.
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In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace.
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The secrets of slavery are concealed like those of the Inquisition.
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I always enjoyed myself a lot in pre-school.
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Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.
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My schedule is so crazy.
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People have become shallower. They view spending, entertaining, seeking leisure and enjoying as the main objectives of their life.
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There are only two types of women - goddesses and doormats.
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The secret to everything for me is doing yoga every day. It does do nice things for your body, but it also kind of calms you down and chills you out. Other than that, I don't really drink alcohol and I always take my makeup off at night!
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The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.
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I taught at a cotillion. I was one of the teenage helpers when I was in high school. But we're talking very basic.
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We don't really make bad records, though some people might like some more than others. And we have never really done a bad show. So I think in a way maybe we've been taken for granted.
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If I had caused any trouble worth mentioning, you would have read about it in 'Star' magazine, which is probably why I didn't cause any trouble worth mentioning.
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Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.
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Being called 'conscious' is a great thing to be, but it's the connotations and preconceived notions that come with the buying audience about what conscious music can be.
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One of the things I love about music is live performance.
