Luciano Pavarotti Quotes
As an art form, opera is a rare and remarkable creation. For me, it expresses aspects of the human drama that cannot be expressed in any other way, or certainly not as beautifully.
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I'm good at description and imparting flow to a story, but I don't necessarily understand the value of long scenes.
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Religions do a useful thing: they narrow God to the limits of man. Philosophy replies by doing a necessary thing: it elevates man to the plane of God.
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It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.
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When you're shooting a TV show, there's not a lot of time to build character.
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I believe in social dislocation and creative trouble.
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Even as our economy starts to pick up, and new jobs are created, there is a risk that young people in Britain won't get the chances they deserve because businesses will continue to look elsewhere.
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I've always had tremendous support from my parents. I think there's a myth that gay people have lousy relationships with their parents.
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I just think Australia tends to make very good movies, so if someone hands me an Australian or an American film script I would guess the Australian film would be more intriguing.
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There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, he shows himself best able to perform.
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The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.
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I rush to add that I find the Web infinitely useful for rustling up information, settling arguments or locating the legends of rock stars.
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I think escapism is something artists write about pretty frequently - it's something everyone can relate to, the concept of wanting something more, wanting to find solace, wanting to have something better.
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Self-confidence has always been one of my good qualities. I am always very confident. It is in my nature to be confident, to be aggressive. And it applies in my batting as well as wicketkeeping.
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It would be curious to discover who it is to whom one writes in a diary. Possibly to some mysterious personification of one's own identity.
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Lovers should also have their days off.
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These so-called extremists in Pakistan should be brought into the mainstream; if you marginalize them, you radicalize them.
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Certainly I was relatively a refined person. No way a tramp.
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The first thing that strikes a visitor to Paris is a taxi.
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I wouldn't do the music thing if it weren't for my brother, who's a producer. He understands me and helps my vision come to life.
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The Indian race are waiting and praying.
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We and our fellow men of all countries must realize that we share this wonderful, beautiful, salubrious earth as brothers and that there never will be anywhere else to go.
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On the GamerGate Controversy: Ethics in journalism is not what's happening, in any way.
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As an art form, opera is a rare and remarkable creation. For me, it expresses aspects of the human drama that cannot be expressed in any other way, or certainly not as beautifully.
