George Szell Quotes
Conductors must give unmistakable and suggestive signals to the orchestra, not choreography to the audience.
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I don't think any of us can compete with Cowell. He is the best at what he does.
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I think it's almost a law of nature that there are only certain things that hit an emotive space, and that's what was always special for me about music: it made me feel something.
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My body is my art, and it's also the tool that I use to make money.
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How come I end up where I started How come I end up where I belong... You used to be alright What happened?
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Family is the best. I can honestly say, it's a gift that is beyond making art. I didn't know that when I got into it.
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Nonsense is to sense, as shade to light; it heightens effect.
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Who're you supposed to be, Creflo Dollar's Mini-Me?
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My last public performance for money was in 1967. For free, it was 1972, with the exception of two little one-shot, one-song things. But that's just for friends, out of friendship for the people involved, and also because it was fun.
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One rose is enough for the dawn.
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Managing to jump from the triple kicker with such a severe injury, I gained much confidence at that time and I promised to train harder while back in China and try to taste a medal four years later.
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Anything that I've put my name to and my face to and put my time into, is something that I'm clearly passionate about, or I wouldn't be there.
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Race is the great taboo in our society. We are afraid to talk about it. White folks fear their unspoken views will be deemed racist. People of color are filled with sorrow and rage at unrighted wrongs. Drowning in silence, we are brothers and sisters drowning each other. Once we decide to transform ourselves from fearful caterpillars into courageous butterflies, we will be able to bridge the racial gulf and move forward together towards a bright and colorful future.
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Lavish thousands of dollars on your baby clothes, and after all the child is prettiest when every garment is laid aside. That becoming nakedness, at least, may adorn the chubby darling of the poorest home.
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There's the juiciest music that makes me so happy, music that I need on that deserted island when I'm stranded for the rest of my life, and nobody cares that it's there.
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The American drummer is a one-man percussion orchestra.
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People get a real kick out of hearing our songs with an orchestra. It makes you feel like you're in a movie with unexpected bursts of energy. It's really kind of psychedelic in a way.
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The point is that no matter what you do or don’t do, you are sending signals; you are intervening in the situation and therefore need to be mindful of that reality. Unless you are invisible you cannot help but communicate, so your choice of communication should be based on what kind of intervention you intend.
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I love everything special or unique. Sometimes I love girly clothes, sometimes I love strong boy looks. You never know what is the next look of Ming.
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On international relations, Eleanor Roosevelt really takes a great shocking leadership position on the World Court. In fact, it amuses me. The very first entry in her FBI file begins in 1924, when Eleanor Roosevelt supports American's entrance into the World Court. And the World Court comes up again and again - '33, '35. In 1935, Eleanor Roosevelt goes on the air; she writes columns; she broadcast three, four times to say the US must join the World Court.
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Conductors must give unmistakable and suggestive signals to the orchestra, not choreography to the audience.
