Zubin Mehta Quotes
An American orchestra doesn't want to play more than it has to. I respectfully disagree with that attitude.
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We must never forget that Black History is American History. The achievements of African Americans have contributed to our nation's greatness.
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Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force.
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Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.
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This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer for it.
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Whatever you have a passion for, then you must do. If you want to write, write about something you know about.
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I do not take steroids. I never have. It's sad to me that people want to point fingers. I don't do that. That's not me. I wouldn't feel like a human being.
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Every story I write adds to me a little, changes me a little, forces me to reexamine an attitude or belief, causes me to research and learn, helps me to understand people and grow.
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After Brown, I went to Duke, to a Ph.D. program in American literature. My dad's an English professor. After a year there, I was like, 'Jesus. I don't want to do this. I don't want to be in the library.' So I pulled the ripcord, and that was it.
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I think what people get confused about is that they want to label me as this EDM girl, but a lot of this stuff is genre-less.
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I want to be engaged and moved by theatre, there's nothing more disappointing than being left cold. After 'The Author,' I felt wrung out emotionally, like a used tissue.
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There's just a natural instinct to want to be great, I think.
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I want to say that maybe I've made some wrong decisions, but I'm still an honorable person, and I intend to take care of all of my obligations.
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Nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
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I don't have any plugs or tucks but people do what they want. I look at it as mutilation.
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I'm not trying to be Mr. Universe, but I want to stay in shape.
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The American Dream is that any man or woman, despite of his or her background, can change their circumstances and rise as high as they are willing to work.
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Flamethrowers have been used by many armies in many wars, including by American Marines in Korea and Vietnam. They cause horrific deaths and are thus a serious public-relations liability. The U.S. military apparently phased them out in 1978.
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I got very addicted to performing. I just want to do that more.
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Inflation is not all bad. After all, it has allowed every American to live in a more expensive neighborhood without moving.
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You shape your own life, and the shape of your life is determined to a great extent by your attitude. This is an area that you can control, and in learning how to control and direct it, you will have great power over what is going to happen.
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Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.
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An American orchestra doesn't want to play more than it has to. I respectfully disagree with that attitude.
