Zubin Mehta Quotes
Though there is such a rich tradition of culture and arts, I have never been invited to perform at a concert in South India.
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It's quite rare that you find models taken care of backstage.
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I suffered from 'No one will ever fancy me!' syndrome, well into my teens. Even now I do not consider myself to be some kind of great, sexy beauty. Absolutely not.
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As much as possible, location-specific information should not be collected in the first place, or not in personally identifiable form.
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I used to get some flack from my agents because I wouldn't even audition for parts where the hero uses violent force to be a hero.
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The mistake of the West was to put the Sauds on the throne of Saudi Arabia and give them control of the world's oil fortune, which they then used to propagate Wahhabi Islam.
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I went to the Technion and studied with Avram Hershko. I found it more exciting than practicing medicine.
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I like being unconventional.
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Actors don't have real value.
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It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took a flight from New York to L.A., most of the windows would be open. Now, we get on planes and we just close them because we're so used to what it feels like. I think the same thing has happened with cinema.
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But I was losing so much bone density that I would have been in grave danger. And I mean grave danger. If I had let it go just a few more years I could have broken my hip or spine just picking up my granddaughter.
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Mama is my chance to be a stand-up comedian. In my mind, it's my chance to be Chris Rock.
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We cannot afford idleness, waste or inefficiency.
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I'm stronger and sassier as a redhead.
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I'm a much better mother at 46... than if I were like, 21 or 25.
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In a way, architecture is about communication. That's an aspect of the discipline that is somewhat lacking, and there's definitely room for more progression into that area. I suppose that gives me a bit of a different edge. I'm also very, very used to doing a lot of exhaustive research and finding interesting information from different sources.
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It is most pleasant to commit a just action which is disagreeable to someone whom one does not like.
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A block chain is a series of blocks. Each block is a series of computations done by computers all over the world using serious cryptography in a way that's very hard to undo.
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Thomas Paine, so celebrated and so despised as he traveled through the critical events of his time, has long appealed to biographers. Paine was present at the creation both of the United States and of the French Republic. His eloquence, in the pamphlet 'Common Sense,' propelled the American colonists toward independence.
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Sleeping is not something I do a lot of.
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The problem is that for women, the average time is just over 14 minutes... men are left with about 12 minutes during which time they need to think of something to do!
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When I'm on stage, my interaction with the audience is something that really makes me come alive. It's a feeling like no other. The energy of the crowd fuels something new inside.
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Something traumatic happened to me when I was younger. I was with this old black woman, and she was very wise, very Alice Walker, The Color Purple...she looked at me and she says, 'Baby...you know I used to be able to fly but I can't fly no more, baby. But baby, you...? You too fat to fly.'
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Go forward, knowing that you are greater than the challenges of your time.
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Though there is such a rich tradition of culture and arts, I have never been invited to perform at a concert in South India.
