Yo-Yo Ma Quotes
There are limits to how much sound a cello can make. That's part of the framing of acoustical instruments. Finding what those limits might be, and then trying to suggest perhaps even the illusion of going beyond is part of that kind of effort.
Quotes to Explore
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You can only begin to share life well when you think well of yourself.
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I am who I am.
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My kind of director is an actor-director who writes.
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That's the mark of a great storyteller, never to give away secrets in advance.
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There is something uniquely American about the motel: It speaks to the transient nature of America itself, one enabled and encouraged by our roads and highways.
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He that strives to touch the starts, oft stumbles at a straw.
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Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
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There are people who are very resourceful, at being remorseful, and who apparently feel that the best way to make friends is to do something terrible and then make amends.
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Zionism was originally a rebellion against religious Judaism and the PLO Charter was essentially secularist. But because the conflict was allowed to fester without a resolution, religion got sucked into the escalating cycle of violence and became part of the problem.
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Just now, Christianity is in the ascendant. Buddhism and Taoism are decadent; their influence cannot long hold its own. Buddhism has long since passed its meridian; Taoism has only demons, not gods.
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I try to shut out ideas about why you should do things. Trying to do good architecture and really designing a career? There's some attention to be paid to that, but I don't think it's everything.
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A job is just a job at the end of the day, and work sometimes comes from the most unlikely places.
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I would really love to collaborate with Gwen Stefani and M.I.A.; artists that kind of make sense with me vocally. And in terms of style, I'm a very visual artist. I really love Pharell. I love people that really care about drums, and I like beat-heavy.
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I was in the Boy Scouts for about four years until my troop disbanded. It is really one of the best activities youths can get involved in and nearly every scout I have known has been a class act due to the discipline the Scouts have instilled in them.
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To me luxury is to be at home with my daughter, and the occasional massage doesn't hurt.
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Great things are accomplished by talented people who believe they will accomplish them.
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On a very basic level, many people think celebrities have too much already, so we shouldn't be entitled to our political opinions.
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I believe in a packed Heaven and an empty Hell.
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Johannesburg is weird, because half of it is like Los Angeles. It feels like just wealthy parts of L.A. But half of it is severe slummy, something like Rio De Janiero or something. So it's kind of weird, because it's both happening at the same time.
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I ran into a couple of guys who were boxers. They talked me into working out at their gym. I became obsessed with boxing and the idea of becoming a champion.
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I've been through a lot. I've thought a lot about life, and I've spent a lot of time studying history and science.
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In the code of the satyagrahi, there is no such thing as surrender to brute force.
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No fate holds more splendour for an artist, than the one which greets his effort with such enthousiasm!
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There are limits to how much sound a cello can make. That's part of the framing of acoustical instruments. Finding what those limits might be, and then trying to suggest perhaps even the illusion of going beyond is part of that kind of effort.
