Lorin Maazel Quotes
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I don't do detoxes or cleanses; they don't really work for me.
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In tennis, because of the way it's scored, I don't think that scoring one point out of luck is ever decisive in winning. But, of course, it depends on the moment.
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When it comes to power, God Himself is the power. God often uses foolish things to confound the wise. That is why people like me will ever be grateful to God. In terms of knowledge, education and name, I am nowhere - a neglected stone.
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German writers in the late 18th century were the first to uphold a prickly, literary nationalism, in reaction to the then dominance and prestige of French literature.
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Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.
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A novel, I think, is partly about the contemporary and partly about the eternal, and it's the balance of that that's difficult to achieve.
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I think the first step is to understand that forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It's a gift you give yourself.
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I love the crowds at festivals because they're so chilled out.
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I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.
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The truth is that for a Democrat to triumph in a presidential election, it needs to come on the heels of 'the dark times' of an unpopular Republican administration. Carter followed the Nixon era, Clinton succeeded after 12 years of Reagan/Bush, and Obama was a direct result of eight years of Bush/Cheney.
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You count a man's U.S. Amateur titles after he starts winning professional majors. That's something any intelligent golf writer with a sense of history is supposed to know.
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The chemistry that you get from living with your band and creating music and recording with your band translates to the stage.
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I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.
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When you save book reports, art projects and put them in a scrapbook, it shows a kid you care and you are taking an interest in their lives.
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But the working I would always want to do.
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Anyone with the right mix of parental paranoia and entrepreneurial moxie can make a fortune by selling parents the equipment we think will keep us one step ahead of our kids.
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If you get anything creative going, then the work and play thing is the same thing, I feel.
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My definition of country music is really pretty simple. It's when someone sings about their life and what they know, from an authentic place.
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Every time I've written a book, I'm like, 'Oh, it's so different from the last one. Are they going to like it?'
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I don't really shop a lot. I order things online. When I travel, I'll get some pieces along the way.
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Life for rent means that my life isn't really my own, I only rented it for a while, but if I don't manage to buy it, to own it, then nothing of what I think is mine is really mine.
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We think of stars as celestial beings. And once in a while, they smile at us from the pages of 'People' magazine.
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I'm standing up for the American people.
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What our profession is all about is interacting with people.
