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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In the States, tennis is sixth or seventh on the totem pole as far as sports go.
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I can't stress how much my daughter is an inspiration to stay sober. When I come home and she opens those big blue eyes at me, it's the most amazing feeling I could ever feel.
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I've always been interested in exploring difficult subjects for the mainstream.
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It was seriously just a name. They didn’t tell you what to do. They didn’t tell you how they wanted the character to be - nothing. You went in to audition for this character name and that was it. When I started, before I came onto the set, I went to Gene Roddenberry and said: hey, what do you want from this guy? Who is he? And being as smart as he is, he said: don’t listen to what you’ve heard or read or seen in the past, nothing. Just make the character your own. And that’s what I did.
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Apartment living is tough action. Just the whole idea that you share a washer and dryer always freaked me out.
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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.
