Zubin Mehta Quotes
I knew at university that medicine was just not for me. I saved many lives by not being a doctor!
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So although women can do anything that men can't do, they can also do something that men can't do, and that is mother their children.
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I want to direct what I feel is interesting - not what is supposed to be my zone.
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Courtship is like simmering mutton. You cook for hours and hours to taste the soft meat. It doesn't happen in two seconds!
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Men know they are sexual exiles. They wander the earth seeking satisfaction, craving and despising, never content. There is nothing in that anguished motion for women to envy.
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Both my parents were amateur badminton players. My father is a scientist and wanted me to be a doctor. But my mom was very aggressive and loved badminton. She pushed me right from the age of nine to take up the sport.
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I've always wanted to do a period piece.
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I never went to fashion school. I didn't know what a designer was. I knew I had something, but I didn't know what it was. And it could just have easily been nothing.
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History must share with reading, writing and arithmetic first rank as the most important subjects in the curriculum. Understanding the issues on which citizens of a republic are expected to vote is impossible without an understanding of the past.
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Being taken seriously, for a young writer, is a wonderful form of encouragement, but at the same time, I don't think one should ever feel like attempting a kind of artistic endeavor is beyond your scope just because of age or inexperience.
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We care about margins.
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A lot of the time, when I watch actors now, I think, 'I don't believe you.'
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I think personal beliefs of everybody shape everybody.
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I don't think about whether it's gonna be a dance record or a ballad or anything when I'm making music. I sit in the studio and I think, 'How am I feeling today?' and I write how I feel. It's really, really simple.
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To me, the job of a playwright is to explore and bring to light our lives. You can't hold back; you have to give in to this. Sometimes, you say things people don't want to hear.
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Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness.
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You're not going to see me ever be partisan. I'll never take a position on a candidate or an issue.
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I'm a world expert on superhero comics. I think maybe only Michael Chabon knows more than me.
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I want every day to be life for the living, not just traipsing through it existing. I'm just interested in life and the world and exploring.
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To me, form is not about scoring runs but how you feel about your game. Sometimes the runs are not there, but you know you are batting well, and that is good form for me.
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I always thought everybody else was better than me.
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I have never been someone who applied 'work begets work' to my career, sometimes unfortunately.
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The eye of God ends up inside, so that, in the end, you take care of judgment and punishment yourself.
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I have no wisdom to share on dating.
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I knew at university that medicine was just not for me. I saved many lives by not being a doctor!
