Wanda Landowska Quotes
I hate the word practice. Practice breeds inurement. Instead of discovering, of distinguishing traits that are deeply hidden or merely veiled, one ends seeing nothing anymore. One ceases to be aware.
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But the weakness comes from these Westernised co-opted Muslim leaders who just want to look good in the eyes of the West and Western media.
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A career in sport is almost impossible to manage without the support, and guidance, and reassurance of family and friends. During tough times, and there always are, this is whom we go to.
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We have a great country, we are a great nation - let us trust in it.
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To become the best comedian, I must be well-rounded.
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Pictures are for entertainment, messages should be delivered by Western Union.
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New Zealand's Daniel Vettori is a very good bowler.
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I've done a lot of plays before where I had to do a New York accent, but never a Philly one before. They do the rhotic 'r' - where you say the 'r' - where most New Yorkers don't.
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Negative publicity makes people forget your best times.
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I used to feel very lonely on the team. The boys would all pair up.
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I feel so great on a plane that it could be the end of everything, and I don't care.
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Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed.
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I certainly went to New York because I was searching. Most people who go to New York are searching.
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At the start of my career, when I used to toss and turn at night, I was fighting that feeling and wanting to go to sleep. Now I know that's normal, so I'll just get up and watch TV or something. I know it's just my subconscious mind getting ready for a game.
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You just have to be very humble if America has really worked for you like it has for me. Most of my friends are poor. Most of my siblings are poor. I see how hard it is just to get money unless you've got some incredible luck or work incredibly hard. I want everyone to do well. I wish 'Wayne's World' money on you!
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After the falling out with my father, I worked on a couple of ranches - thoroughbred layup farms, actually - out toward Chino, California. That was fine for a little while, but I wanted to get out completely, and twenty miles away wasn't far enough.
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The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes to hide.
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When confronted with two alternatives, life and death, one is to choose death without hesitation.
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I personally would not have plastic surgery. What the hell for? It looks ridiculous.
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There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.
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There is so many things to do in life rather than playing tennis, so I'm sure I will find something. I just need a bit of time to kind of settle down.
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It's easier to revise lousy writing than to revise a blank sheet of paper.
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I want to be involved with young people in some way. Teenagers. Because that's the most vulnerable time. I have a fantasy of becoming a teacher one day.
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I was very focused on school. No social life whatsoever.
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I hate the word practice. Practice breeds inurement. Instead of discovering, of distinguishing traits that are deeply hidden or merely veiled, one ends seeing nothing anymore. One ceases to be aware.
