Daniel Barenboim Quotes
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I personally do not drink. To drink or not to is one's own choice. So long as it doesn't affect others, it is okay.
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During this time I had the singular good fortune of being able to discuss the problem constantly with Einstein. Some experiments done at Einstein's suggestion yielded no decisively new result.
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We're going to create a portable handheld environment, and you should expect the same things you've always expected from Playstation - a great quality product, versatility, great value to the consumer.
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We must all learn to adjust with our surroundings.
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My work has always been the thing that justifies my life.
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I constantly remind people that crime isn't solved by technology; it's solved by people.
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The thing is, it's not good anyway for eight-year-olds to be out there playing tennis tournaments so soon in their lives. But when I did get to play in a tournament, when I was nine, I was overjoyed.
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I like children; I like 'em, and I respect 'em. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by them.
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I'm vain enough to think that I've made a successful life. I've had everything I've ever wanted. You can't beat that.
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Radical Islamists spread from Western Africa through the Middle East, all the way to South Asia to sub-Indian continent.
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We are breaking new ground in the territory of dumb with 'Shooting Fish.' Dumb, but in good taste. Silly, but not ridiculous.
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My youngest sister belonged to a group called the Twelve Tribes for many years. She recently left, with her husband and four children. Talking to her about her experiences in the group is fascinating, moving, and enlightening.
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Most interviewers are looking for a headline. They're not skilled. They're looking for shock value.
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The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.
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When I write a song, it comes from the heart and is based on a specific experience. You can't really say that one experience is greater than another, because all of your experiences take you through life on this journey.
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Maybe I'm just purely lucky. If I've come up against obstacles I've always found another way around it.
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We all have a way to contribute, to your community, to your family, whatever it is you can do.
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I'm an atheist. I don't 'believe' at all.
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The revolution of ideas that will save us is a revolution of goodwill, of compassion, and of higher thinking. I believe that they outnumber the people who would choose fear. But they are not a particularly politicized force. If you look at the numbers of people buying books about revolutions from within and personal transformation as the key to global change, the numbers add up to a much greater audience than most people realize.
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I'm self-taught and emailed photographers I knew if I had questions I couldn't figure out from the manual or online.
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I've been grateful that 'Time's' reach and mandate is so broad; anything you're interested in, you can usually write about.
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A lot of parts on television are static. Nothing really changes.
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I've been acting since I was young because I wanted to, not because my parents wanted me to. My dad is a principal and mom is a middle school counselor, so acting was like, "Eh, whatever. As long as you get good grades." It's really fun, and nothing more.
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To play four hands requires two people who have great affinity for each other.
