Alfred Brendel Quotes
You have to be aware of all the latent possibilities that give a work its special character - its atmosphere, its moods, its contrasts.
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Yes, because when you're in love, you are shy.
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By nature, I'm a very positive person, and because I'm happy in myself, and in my life, and I've got a great husband, and beautiful children, and I have a job that I love that calls for a certain amount of emotional expression, I get to realise a lot of my dreams and aspirations.
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When I grew up, my role model was my grandma because she's just the best.
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A lot of people go in and have to create their own characters, and they do fine with it.
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I always have bananas with me for energy.
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There's no smarter politician out there than Bill Clinton.
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I grew up in Synagogue in the boys' choir. We didn't listen to music in the house; only at temple. Then I went to a mostly African American high school on the South Side of Chicago and joined a gospel choir.
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Prohibition of substances which give pleasure to people does not work. Addiction is a health problem, not a moral one, and there are many proven strategies which can reduce its burden.
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It was sort of that in-between area when people don't talk about their personal lives. That's the kind of life I think Kerry would be living now if it weren't for the Lopez character sort of outing her.
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Part of the reason why Kobe Bryant is such a big inspiration to me is because he was shipped off to the Lakers right out of high school. He went from English class to the Great Western Forum.
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In the present imperialistic milieu there can be no wars of national self-defense.
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I think that being Jewish is in some ways unique because there's this conflation of race, culture and religion.
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I started out as a dancer as a kid; I've been dancing since I was 4. So, performing was always part of what I was. I don't know if it I enjoyed the response I got from people or if I liked having an audience, but there's something in me that wanted to perform.
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Location is the sole difference between mobile and traditional Web.
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I've never taken a scalpel to a dead body.
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I was actually a Cowboys fan.
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My father was a banker, but he was an independent spirit. He was a very good pianist and very much into music.
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Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything.
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The man of character, sensitive to the meaning of what he is doing, will know how to discover the ethical paths in the maze of possible behavior.
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Probably the greatest writer of westerns himself was Homer. His character were never all good or all bad. They're half and half, these characters, as all human beings are.
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A person who is obsessed with Jesus is more concerned with his or her character than comfort. Obsessed people know that true joy doesn't depend on circumstances or environment; it is a gift that must be chosen and cultivated, a gift that ultimately comes from God.
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It's hard for the donkeys to win the race if they're going to carry the elephants on their backs.
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You have to be aware of all the latent possibilities that give a work its special character - its atmosphere, its moods, its contrasts.
