William Wetmore Story Quotes
But the gray and the cold are haunted by a beauty akin to pain, by a sense of a something wanted that never will come again.
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I've performed Schoenberg's 'Pierrot lunaire' many times.
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Not all lies are harmful. Sometimes we're willing participants in deception for the sake of social dignity, maybe to keep a secret that should be kept secret, secret. We say, 'Nice song.' 'Honey, you don't look fat in that, no.'
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The minute I started being recognised, I became much more discreet.
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The cardinal responsibility of leadership is to identify the dominant contradiction at each point of the historical process and to work out a central line to resolve it.
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I didn't think I'd be around 30 years later.
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We clearly realize that freedom's inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks.
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I really love to play 'Moonlight Sonata' by Beethoven. I can still read music, but I need to practise more. The way your fingers move - it's something that comes from memory. I love music.
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Asian people are very practical and come from a conservative world. The parents want their kids to be doctors and lawyers. There are casting calls for Asian children, but once the parents find out the children might miss school, they're opposed to it.
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I'm a big believer in persistence, don't be greedy and, above all, work hard. It's what keeps me going.
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You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.
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I love winning more than I love playing badminton. Winning is everything.
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My retail partners, they are my brand ambassadors. They're the ones who are selling the shoes to women.
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Divorces are made in Heaven.
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I do not have much liking for the too famous existential philosophy, and, to tell the truth, I think its conclusions false.
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Your immune cells are like a circulating nervous system. Your nervous system in fact is a circulating nervous system. It thinks. It's conscious.
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People wonder if there is a relationship between my lack of sight and the way I sing. But there's no connection.
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I got a strong spirit that I rely on and go into. It allows me to prepare and drive forward.
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For me, the issue is if I'm your advocate, if I'm your representative, my job is to stand up for you and talk about you and defend you.
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War is a tragedy. It's not pretty, and in my opinion, there are no winners. Everybody's a victim, from the one who's suffering pain to the person inflicting it.
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A soldier's death, he thought, was a happy one, because a man, even in the throes of awful pain, would die in the best company of the world.
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From the pain come the dream From the dream come the vision From the vision come the people From the people come the power From this power come the change.
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I don't drink or party. There's literally no time for that. As soon as I finish a show, I go straight back to the hotel room, do emails, I sleep, that's it.
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The only rule is, do what you really, impulsively, wish to do. But always act on your own responsibility, sincerely. And have the courage of your own strong emotion.
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But the gray and the cold are haunted by a beauty akin to pain, by a sense of a something wanted that never will come again.
