Daniel Barenboim Quotes
The greatness of a musician is measured by the degree of fanaticism he brings to his playing.
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The first job I ever had was at a pool-liner-manufacturing plant. Minimum wage was $4.25, and that's what I was making. It was this huge, hot, un-air-conditioned factory staffed with all women and me. This is in Georgia, during the summertime, so it was pretty ridiculous.
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Experience has taught me that any kind of political grouping is oppressive. It's the blind mass that crushes the individual.
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It doesn't sound too good to say I am the son of a landowner, so let us rather say I am the grandson of exploited Galician peasants.
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Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.
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The West was involved in toppling the Mossadegh government. That ultimately led to the Iranian revolution.
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Congress is so beholden to the money that any solution in the general interest will be frustrated and subverted by the corporate interests who feel they will be damaged by progress, fair play and justice.
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'Cool' is detached and emotionally cool. My instinct is to battle anything that seems overly cool.
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NASA asked me to create meals for the space shuttle. Thai chicken was the favorite. I flew in a fake space shuttle, but I have no desire to go into space after seeing the toilet.
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An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he has also to sacrifice his mind too - at least all the characteristics part of it that which is original and most his own.
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I don't go long without eating. I never starve myself: I grab a healthy snack.
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When the whole world reads your books, is there any other happiness for a writer? I am happy that my books are read in 57 languages. But I am focused on Istanbul not because of Istanbul but because of humanity. Everyone is the same in the end.
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I cook more theoretically than I do practically. My job is creative, and in the kitchen, the biggest part of my creativity is theoretical.
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My wife will tell you it's the little things, like driving my boys to school on my days off so she can rest. We're not into PDA, but every time we end a phone conversation, we say 'sarang,' which means love in Korean.
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A creationist can embarrass an evolutionist by asking for a definition of species.
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I was a senior high school student at the Far Eastern University when the war with Japan broke out in 1941.
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Our lives are in God's hands. We have no control. We can't control Him by using the Bible or cross as a good luck charm without a thorough reformation of heart and life.
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I think there is a generation gap. I personally look forward to, as our generation becomes the leaders, you are gonna see a change, and I think hopefully gay marriage will be a part of that country.
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I learnt circus skills in drama group, so I can juggle.
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I'd rather try and cram in another two gags than leave a pause to say, 'Hey, wasn't that bit funny?'
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Normally, when I skydive, even in winter, I wear very thin gloves. I want to be flexible, with fast reactions.
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'Was the cow crossed?''No, your worship, it was an open cow.'
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Don't let a culture or society's rules define who you are; you define who you are.
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Music is a gestalt. Songs are a life force and they have specific vocabulary to them. You hear a few notes, and they take you into a world of association.
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The greatness of a musician is measured by the degree of fanaticism he brings to his playing.
