Leonard Slatkin Quotes
How could a New Yorker possibly take something called the Hollywood String Quartet seriously?
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Wikipedia is kind of extreme, where a very, very small group of people contribute pretty much everything.
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The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough.
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Gluttony is not a secret vice.
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I'm not an ambitious person, there is no ambition in my life. I have a mission in my life. And my mission is to serve my country. And when I am working for my state, it means I am working for my country, or my nation.
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Normally, young writers have all the time in the world and they don't always use it well.
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Saving enough to retire has become impossible for most Americans.
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Since I was old enough to understand what a songwriter/producer is, I've had a curiosity about how Max Martin creates what he creates. I wanted to see that happen. I wanted to be there. I wanted to learn from him.
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My mom always knew I was going to be an actor because I was a ham from the very beginning, so she would push me toward it, which is really unconventional for Indian families to do.
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I try to look at people like Adele and Norah Jones, who are very successful but don't have to deal with scandals.
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Truth is the ultimate power. When the truth comes around, all the lies have to run and hide.
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If you have a surreal life like I do, you've got to have fun along the way.
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I went in saying I wanted to be the food guy.
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There are a lot of female artists my age around at the moment, but they're all American and blonde and blue-eyed and smiley. I'm totally the opposite of that. I want to show a bit more attitude and I have an opinion.
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We should ban banks from risk-taking because society is going to pay the price.
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My fans are like no other. Completely original people.
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That’s because you can’t hold something in your mind but a little while, said Jem. It’s different with grown folks, we-
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An efficiency-regime cannot be run without a few heroes stuck about it to carry off the dullness - much as plums have to be put into bad pudding to make it palatable.
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Tarzan was an interested spectator. His desire to kill burned fiercely in his wild breast, but his desire to learn was even greater. He would follow this savage creature for a while and know from whence he came. He could kill him at his leisure later, when the bow and deadly arrows were laid aside.
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My kids and I live like three fun-loving hermits. We're quite bohemian.
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When I was in Washington, I would usually get home from the Capitol at about 7:30 or 8, and I would try to write as much as possible. It was almost all in the wee hours.
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I am inspired just by the way a scene can be interpreted by the actors. It can make a huge difference on the type of music that you write. It's best for me if I don't work at all on a project until the movie is shot and I have some sort of edit in front of me.
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Knowledge of what is possible is the beginning of happiness.
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How could a New Yorker possibly take something called the Hollywood String Quartet seriously?
