Leonard Slatkin Quotes
There is no 'perfect' in music. If I ever came off the stage and felt it could not be better, it would then be time to quit.
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I was in New York. I had been doing theater for many years, and then I got hired to a little part - they weren't calling it an extra, but I didn't have lines. It was a 'featured' part.
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I've been following what's happening in Colombia because it's the country of my childhood.
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We're dealing with sophisticated customers. What's most important to these women is individuality. I have to create things she'll want to wear, no matter who she is.
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It's a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists.
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I don't like to make a big splash anyway.
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I've taken my clothes off enough in my career.
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I just keep working out. You can't stop. Everyone thinks there's a trick, but there's no trick! The trick is, you have to be consistent.
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The Toast's audience is about 30-35 percent male, which shocked me because I would say that we actively try to discourage men from reading our site. Apparently, there's not insignificant number of dudes out there who think that what we are doing is okay.
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If I were to meet the most incredible man, and he just so happened to not make as much money as I do, I wouldn't hold it against him.
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He who indulges in falsehood will find the paths of paradise shut to him.
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The air of ideas is the only air worth breathing.
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To me, being in your prime means playing your best and feeling your best, too.
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Whenever I don't' have to wear makeup, it's a good day.
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Cyclists need to help themselves and should not jump red lights. I would ride in London, but I certainly wouldn't ride like that; you just have to be careful. I can understand going down the outside of traffic, but you should obey the rules of the road because we're all road users.
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Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is.
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In Europe, the big word is tolerance. You tolerate everything.
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Hinduism has an enormous capacity to absorb from outside influences and accept it in a peaceful and steady manner without perturbing the system.
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Having principled men and women in office is how you protect yourself from tyranny, and that was something I learned from when I was 2, 3, 5 years old.
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One day, when I was still living at home, a friend told 'Texas' Jean Valli about me. She was originally from Syracuse, N.Y., and lived in New Jersey but sang country. One night, she had me come up on stage where she was performing. I sang 'My Mother's Eyes,' and she was knocked out.
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Farsighted theologians are now working to mine the eternal metal from the teachings of Jesus and to forge it for all time.
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I have to say, my husband is a big Patriots fan. Like, a huge Patriots fan.
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One of the things I believe strongly in is developing institutions - legal, press, bureaucracies, academies - that are rooted in the pursuit of impartial truth. That aren't simply just bent to partisan ends or are corrupted for the powerful or for other ulterior motives.
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Everything's a risk, by the way, these days. Every film you make is a risk. There's no guarantee.
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There is no 'perfect' in music. If I ever came off the stage and felt it could not be better, it would then be time to quit.
