Van Cliburn Quotes

Everything I chose, I had already played in concert. For the competition, I wanted to pick pieces I know that people like.

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• It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.

  

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• If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut short after the first few leaden sentences.

  

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• The devil made me do it.

  

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• In our society, everyone wants to be a celebrity overnight.

  

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• Our career had a sort of funny shape.

  

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• I'm an Indian-origin painter. I will remain so to my last breath.

  

  M. F. Husain
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• Most importantly, nothing has happened to change my conviction that freedom and the love of liberty remain the essential defining attributes of our national character as a people.

  

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• Laws undertake to punish only overt acts.

  

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• Combining magic with technology is a good way to influence the trajectory of where technology is going and show people what technology could be in our lives and what it shouldn't be.

  

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• We cannot change our past. We can not change the fact that people act in a certain way. We can not change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude.

  

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• We know that in order for us to turn this around, it doesn't matter how many coaches they bring in here, assistants, weight trainers, whoever, we're the ones that are going to have turn it around. And I think just took that responsibility on ourselves.

  

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• Everything I chose, I had already played in concert. For the competition, I wanted to pick pieces I know that people like.

  

  Van Cliburn
  • People
  • Competition
  • Played