Daniel Barenboim Quotes
I am convinced that 100 years from now, people will talk about Elliott Carter as one of the most important figures in the second half of 20th-century music.
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I would be too selfish if I said everyone should see my movies more than once. To say that would mean I'm just marketing my work!
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America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.
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Experience is a legitimate issue when John McCain raises it about Obama, and it's also legitimate for us to raise it about Palin.
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This was just one of many times God has spared me.
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I believe that movies are fast becoming antique and dinosauric as a medium. Film is a medium for the over-40s and television has gone the same way. If you're going to look towards the new generation, then of course you're going to have to be a lot more random, spontaneous, irreverent and provocative with your programming.
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The science of life is changing hearts and minds.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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No matter who you meet in life, you take something from them, positive or negative.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope.
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One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it.
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Fear was absolutely necessary. Without it, I would have been scared to death.
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I like to play a strong woman, but a strong woman can also be very fragile and vulnerable at the same time.
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As prime minister, I changed Israel's position on peace negotiations. I made it clear that we are ready to go along with Resolution 242 of the U.N. Security Council, which specifies withdrawal to secure and recognized boundaries in the context of peace.
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I try to make my fans happy by working hard in every film of mine, and I give my films everything I've got.
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Our need for that exterior god that sits up there and judges us... will diminish and eventually disappear.
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I'm the kind of person who always wants more. I was successful materially, but I know life is much more than worldly success. I saw all these blessings God had given me. The way to give thanks is obedience to God.
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I remember being told very early on, 'Just say what they want to hear in the audition, and we'll figure it out later on.' So there have been a few tricky moments. I once said I could ride, when the truth is I'm terrified of horses, but I got the job!
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We never waste space saying, 'On the one hand.' We just state an opinion in a Godlike voice.
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I always give the encore over to chaos, so people can yell out requests and I can hack my way through a song that I don't really know anymore.
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Honestly, the dangerous situation in which Jews in France live is such that those who walk with a kippa are in any case a minority, because they are afraid.
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I got irritated with people asking us the same questions. Like, 'Are you a real band?' Journalists wanted to slay us, tried to cut us down, and I just started caring less and less about doing interviews. With Facebook and Instagram, you kind of don't need to anyway. But now and again, we'll do something when there's new information to share.
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My brother is an electrical engineer and went to computer science grad school at Stanford, and he'd tell me stories about the happy hours he'd organize.
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I am convinced that 100 years from now, people will talk about Elliott Carter as one of the most important figures in the second half of 20th-century music.
