Margrethe II of Denmark Quotes
Painting is not what my life is about, but it is very important to me, and I am very lucky to be able to give some time to it. The time that I devote to painting is not a lot of time, but I do it 100 percent while I am working, and then there's nothing else that counts.
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To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious. There are far worse things awaiting man than death.
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Indian classical music was born when time barely existed. It developed further within the structures of royal courts and a system of patronage where the ruler or the feudal master determined all.
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Remember that we are all human beings trying to do what we love to do.
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Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out of tune.
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One of the things I had to learn as a writer was to trust the act of writing. To put myself in the position of writing to find out what I was writing.
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I would take plays and I would cut out all the other dialogue and make long monologues because I felt the other kids weren't taking it as seriously as I did.
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Everybody sooner or later has to drop the luggage and the baggage of illusions.
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I have to make sure that I make good choices and that if I put my name on it, it's a high-quality endeavor and that I have time to be a human being.
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I don't pick and choose subjects or settings; they pick and choose me.
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The basic law of capitalism is you or I, not both you and I.
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In general, I tend to laugh too much. I always try to tell myself not to, but I think that's just part of getting through the job. It's not rocket science. I want to have a good time!
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I think, no matter what, when you're writing songs, most people write about the extremes of their experiences.
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Oh. Yes. There. Is. A. Lot of pressure. As a solo singer. Absolutely.
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Being Irish is very much a part of who I am. I take it everywhere with me.
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Music is a means of spreading the good word and spreading positivity and productivity. Those things speak to me.
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The song 'Some Other Time...' is full of emotion. In wartime, it had a tremendously poignant feeling.
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Deep down I have this atavistic feeling that really I should be in the country.
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White is the wold, and ghostlyThe dank and leafless trees;And 'M's and 'N's are mostly Pronounced like 'B's and 'D's:'Neath bleak sheds, ice-encrusted,The sheep stands, mute and stolid:And ducks find out, disgusted,That all the ponds are solid.
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Painting is not what my life is about, but it is very important to me, and I am very lucky to be able to give some time to it. The time that I devote to painting is not a lot of time, but I do it 100 percent while I am working, and then there's nothing else that counts.
