Lesley Garrett Quotes
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Working as a musician, I have to constantly generate new material, so school keeps me sharp. Reading and writing all the time helps me to be a better songwriter.
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One Direction is the main thing I'm doing and I'm 100 per cent dedicated to the group.
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I've always wanted to do a period piece.
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You know, we're really destroying ourselves because we're really making the motivating force of anything we do selfish.
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When I was a little kid, I used to watch with my brother when there was Macho Man and Hulk Hogan. But then I fell out of it for a few years.
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To be sure, ASPM isn't the gene responsible for building big brains - there's no such single gene. But it's critical to the process, and the primate line has almost certainly benefited from distinct changes in ASPM.
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Game-playing is more fun when it's virtual because you're more successful. ... in reality, only one person gets to be LeBron.
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One of the strangest aspects of living with certain kinds of memory loss is knowing that the forgetting is happening.
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I am an ardent supporter of capitalism - but I also understand that while individuals have inalienable, God-given rights, corporations do not.
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Going out for a meal, especially for young urbanites, is less about socialising over enjoyable food than about enjoying food as a way to socialise.
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They're called 'angels' because they're in heaven until the reviews come out.
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Joe Torre would tell you to make sure you can hit the ball on the outside part of the plate.
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I've always been able to just concoct a melody quite easily - it's just kind of instinct, really. You've got to channel your subconscious.
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There is a certain aesthetic pleasure in trying to imagine the unimaginable and failing, if you are a reader.
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Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions - it only guarantees equality of opportunity.
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There is a danger in monotheism, and it's called idolatry. And we know the prophets of Israel were very, very concerned about idolatry, the worship of a human expression of the divine.
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There was an opinion expressed in the newspapers that, after 20 years, maybe the Israel Philharmonic should consider asking me to leave. I thought they might have a point, so I asked my orchestra. They told me overwhelmingly that they wanted me to stay.
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I mean, I think having a great family like I do. You know, I tend to want to give it all I have when I'm at the golf course, and then when I leave I don't want to think about golf at all. And I just remind myself almost daily that golf's just my job, it's not who I am.
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It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted.
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The greatest million dollar insight I can give anybody is find a big problem and then solve it in a big way.
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The Oscar or the Emmy says you've reached a level of competence in this business, and I would love to have one.
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Mentorship plays such an important role in business - we know it's a must - and I believe schools should embrace it in a much fuller way.
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To me, poetry is spoken - not exclusively, but there's a mix of languages in it. That's what I liked about 'For the Confederate Dead;' it has many different tones to it.
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Singing is an arduous business and it needs sacrifices.
