Zubin Mehta Quotes
I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
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I felt pressure to follow in Madonna's footsteps, and I didn't want to base my career on sex. So I began to change how I saw myself.
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Our plans never turn out as tasty as reality.
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On the Internet, inside information is currency, and there will always be counterfeiters among us.
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The scene changes but the aspirations of men of good will persist.
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I grew up without the rose-tinted look at the profession many of my friends had, but I've been very lucky playing major roles in 'An Ideal Husband', 'Arcadia' and 'The Memory of Water'.
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The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.
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To begin with, I don't have any stage fright.
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I know that I have to give testimony about all the things I lived, but I need time.
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Any country that wants to lower its mobile phone rates, all they need to do is bring in an aggressive player.
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There's a lot of projection that if you're in service then you shouldn't look good. I'm no different from anybody else. I like clothes, I like shoes, I like to go have nice dinners, I like to dance. Just because I've dedicated myself to serving women, why do you think I need to sacrifice myself?
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Writing is, by its nature, interior work. So being forced to be around people is a great gift for a novelist. You get to be reminded, daily, of how people think, how they speak, how they live; the things they worry about, the things they hope for, the things they fear.
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In order for me to be successful... In order to be a great artist - musician, actor, painter, whatever - you must be able to be private in public at all times. That is what we do.
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I have been sober for the longest time. Oh, it's over a decade now. No joke.
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As a female there aren't too many characters that are very empowering, and there's something very empowering about Lara Croft. She kicks butt and she does it in style. She's confident and she's educated.
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I long for a South African society that's free of ideological forces - no society can ever really be free of ideological forces - but I wish it was free of power.
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Understanding the intentions of a play is so key because you can block a guy into the running back if you don't know how the play is supposed to work or where the back is going to come out.
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Jose Mourinho and I get along well. I've lots of respect for him. He gives me a lot of confidence. After a bad game, he dares to say, 'We have played with 10 today,' but that's it. At moments like that, he leaves me alone.
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I love tennis, but I just don't like grass.
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The war does not end when you come home. It lives on in memories of your fellow soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines who gave their lives. It endures in the wound that is slow to heal, the disability that isn't going away, the dream that wakes you at night, or the stiffening in your spine when a car backfires down the street.
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I write only for my shadow which is cast on the wall in front of the light. I must introduce myself to it.
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Drugs have destroyed many people. But wrong government policies have destroyed many more.
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I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.
