Daniel Barenboim Quotes
I love conducting. What I'm tired of is music administration. I don't want that. I just want to make music.
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I started auditioning but at times would feel depressed, as I would get shortlisted but never received the final call. Only when the commercials were released would I come to know that I was not selected.
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I'm not saying anything to denigrate 'Criminal Minds'; that's a great show. I just didn't appreciate it anymore. I appreciate those people, but I realized my heart wasn't in and I needed to go because plenty of people would rip their arm off to be on that show, so they should be.
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I stayed in the astronaut program until 1993. People ask me why I left. I thought I had a lot of things to contribute that would be difficult to do if I stayed. I thought I could have a stronger voice as an advocate for space exploration. So I ended up starting my own technology consulting company.
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There are lots of wonderful old Italian actors. You don't need to take an Egyptian to play an Italian actor.
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I don't know much about Americanism, but it's a damn good word with which to carry an election.
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I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.
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To be honest, once you've driven around for about five, 10 laps, you don't notice a difference.
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The stopwatch doesn't lie. The tape measure doesn't lie.
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Knitting not only relaxes me, it also brings a feeling of being at home.
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Telugu audiences love cinema. They won't let a good film down, and they've proved this with the way they accepted 'Srimanthudu.'
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Sometimes I play cricket, and I play badminton.
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I'd like to be Queen Elizabeth.
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Words aren't very good at describing complicated, strange visual things. You can try, and the reader will have some sort of image in their mind, but words aren't good at that.
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There's never really been a real hood Christmas movie.
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Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
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I won't join another band again.
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I don't worry about the things I can't change.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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I'm always more motivated by the pain of a funny character than by what makes him funny.
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We lived together for a long time,’ he said, looking out of a crack-spangled window, ‘we have no need to fight.’ I bet he is dead now. He had the vulnerable purity and courage that would ensure he was among the first to get whacked on the front.
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Musicians have always adopted Macs.
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I forgave the DAR many years ago. You lose a lot of time hating people.
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Every time I listen to Eminem, I fall in love with music all over again.
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I love conducting. What I'm tired of is music administration. I don't want that. I just want to make music.
