Elias Canetti Quotes
Say the most personal thing, say it, nothing else matters, don’t be ashamed, the generalities can be found in the newspaper.
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Reporters used to ask me the same inane questions year-in and year-out, city-to-city, and it would drive me crazy.
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You're going to see this 'Internet of things' start demanding network performance and making the networks much more aware of what is on top of them.
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You don't just become number one because you sing like everybody else. There is something different you bring to the table. Make sure you are constantly getting into the newest technologies. Learn the history of what you do, and always respect the ones who came before you.
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No one put pressure on me to go to the Olympics; once I'd got the qualifying mark, I just couldn't say no.
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If you really want to know what Middle-earth is based on, it's my wonder and delight in the earth as it is, particularly the natural earth.
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People are going to label you anyway, but the one that bugs me the most is when they say, 'One of the funniest female comedians.' There's s no 'funniest male comedians.' You're either a funny comedian, or you're not!
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About 10 years ago, I took some vocal lessons. I'll bet that helped. I got a tape of exercises that the girl gave me, which I don't do anymore, but they were good. And I don't smoke.
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I am a bit sickie happy. I am prone to black clouds too, but... I am embarrassed about them. It's like: 'My diamond shoes are too tight. My money clip doesn't fit all my fifties.' I mean - really. Shut up.
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Nothing changes and very little happens in Paris. This is a great place to work without distraction - and then I run away to New York, where I have a life!
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As human beings, we are the genetic elite, the sentient, contemplating and innovating sum of countless genetic accidents and transcription errors.
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By legitimizing Iran's nuclear program, removing the pressure of economic sanctions, and allowing it to obtain conventional weapons and ballistic missiles, this agreement makes the prospect for war more likely, not less.
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In South Africa, we speak English and sometimes Afrikaans, sometimes Zulu, sometimes Xhosa.
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Growing up in Poland, I didn't have the experience of going to Disneyland as a child, so I don't have any childhood memories connected to it, good or bad.
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If somebody I don't like gets in the crosshairs, I pull the trigger. But I don't hunt for them.
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I know how to stand up for myself. I say no when I want to, yes when I want to, and no one can really change my mind.
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You can enjoy many different types of music. I think that's something more Americans should think about.
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When I think about the person who's been most in my ear, it's Joe Dumars.
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The role of the musician is to go from concept to full execution. Put another way, it's to go from understanding the content of something to really learning how to communicate it and make sure it's well-received and lives in somebody else.
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We shall not yield to violence. We shall not be deprived of union freedoms. We shall never agree with sending people to prison for their convictions.
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I think 'Star Wars' always has to be bigger and bigger and better every time, and there's a great cast on 'The Force Awakens.' It's ground-breaking.
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Lessons, however, that enter the soul against its will never grow roots and will never be preserved inside it.
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Comedy has become, I think, a very important branch of public intellectualism. But it still ain't Washington.
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Climbing is actually a great sport for blind people and that carried me on to climbing bigger and bigger mountains, snowy mountains, ice faces, and developing different techniques to be able to do that.
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Say the most personal thing, say it, nothing else matters, don’t be ashamed, the generalities can be found in the newspaper.
