Wu Han Quotes
I would advise all young musicians to not only experience and play chamber music, but to go to operas, speak to the singers, to explore and expand your horizons.
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I feel like I've grown up a bit. I'm a bit more confident, and I've been reading more, and I've had a little more time to myself. I went on this writing trip to gather my thoughts about where and who I am in this world, and why we're all here.
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I think the best president - because he changed the whole mood of the country, the whole economy of the country, and stood up to Communism... that was continuing its causes around the world, and backed them off and caused them to collapse - and that was Ronald Reagan.
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If we were truly in the studio making a record, it would have been more time consuming, and certainly I would have been more involved in the writing process.
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On what can we now place our hopes of solving the many riddles which still exist as to the origin and composition of cosmic rays? It must be emphasized here above all that to attain really decisive progress greater funds must be made available.
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I don't have to be a size zero anymore. But I still want to feel and look good.
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I taught up in Maine a couple of times and wasn't able to take a single picture. All that blue sky! Ugh. Sparkling clear air, just terrible. I couldn't do it.
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The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile.
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I don't get jealousy, I don't get how people hate each other - I never did.
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I think that sexiness should be in the subtleties.
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Women are called upon to defend every bit of progress we have made against particularly virulent attack. But we must also hold out a vision, put forth a positive agenda of what women need and want and then move forward toward that dream.
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As a kid I didn't see black cowboys on the screen. What that said to me was that there were things I couldn't do or be because of my color. What we see others like us do gives us permission to expand our own horizons.
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Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.
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I didn't have evil intentions, but I guess I did have power.
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While books expand horizons by exposing us to worlds outside our own, children also need to see themselves, their experiences and their cultures reflected in books they read. Unfortunately, for too many children, this is not the norm.
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The universe, when you leave it alone, is going to be beautiful.
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We said from the very beginning that we're in this for the long haul.
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The majority of my audience has always been women.
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A Negro woman has the same kind of problems as other women, but she can't take the same things for granted.
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The first time I ever saw him play, Tre Cool was wearing a tutu and an old-womans swimming cap.
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The worst thing about cynicism is its truth.
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I don't distinguish the music I listen to from great music - it's just music. There shouldn't be an announcement that divides our food between what tastes good and what is good for us.
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It was around that time, early 60s. There were like three kindred spirits in New Jersey. I had two friends who played folk music, old-time music and bluegrass and we started a little band called the Garret Mountain Boys.
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There's a voice in all of us, and you can only get expressive through words. There's a limit to what you can do without speaking.
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I would advise all young musicians to not only experience and play chamber music, but to go to operas, speak to the singers, to explore and expand your horizons.
