Daniel Barenboim Quotes
There is no way Israel will deal with the Palestinians if the Palestinians do not understand the suffering of the Jewish people.
Quotes to Explore
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Watching a whole cluster of friends, and my own mother, die over quite a short space of time convinced me that purely materialist 'explanations' for our mysterious human existence simply won't do - on an intellectual level.
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I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
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Ancient Egyptians went to great lengths to avoid change; they couldn't entirely do so, of course, but did preserve a cultural continuity for almost four thousand years.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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Overall, the anarchy was the most creative of all periods of Japanese culture for in it there appeared the greatest landscape painting, the culmination of the skill of landscape gardening and the arts of flower arrangement, and the No drama.
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During my second draft pass on my last book I made 20,000 words happen in a week, which is practically supernatural for me, and it would never have been possible without three nights in a hotel in my own city.
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The crusade against Communism was even more imaginary than the specter of Communism.
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The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.
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At the end of the day, you can't have a vision; you have to have a hope. This is where the miracle comes in.
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When the Bible was first published, bathhouses were mandatory, no one could read, and only the people in the Church could write.
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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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I think I have a better sense of my weaknesses - being self-important, selfish and having a big ego probably triggers all the other stuff. I can see myself more clearly.
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If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.
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I could probably name thousands of albums that I want.
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The theatre only knows what it's doing next week, not like the opera, where they say: What are we going to do in five years' time? A completely different attitude.
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If we cling to the institution of Islam, then we tend to defend it against whatever we see as a danger to it, so because of this we see now that many people are defending states, defending territories, defending everything institutional in the belief that they defend Islam.
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Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.
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All I can do is try to create the best show possible, and I feel we've truly done that.
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Being able to walk out of the studio after a week of intense recording and jump into a cold sea and sit in a hot spring and soak for a few hours completely resets the whole system. Really refreshing. For me, it's all about stepping out of the ordinary. Even psychically.
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Do your best, one shot at a time and then move on. Remember that golf is just a game.
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One common puzzle for the security-minded is how to work with confidential data on the road. Sometimes you can't bring your laptop, or don't want to. But working on somebody else's machine exposes you to malware and leaves behind all kinds of electronic trails.
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TV is so seductive with a great workday. You're going to work and making people laugh, and that's fantastic.
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There is no way Israel will deal with the Palestinians if the Palestinians do not understand the suffering of the Jewish people.
