Michael Tilson Thomas Quotes

It's kind of scary sometimes, I've seen this a lot in Asia. Children are given music lessons, very intensively I might add and involving great technical expertise sometimes, but you can tell that they have been told only to play happy pleasant music.

Michael Tilson Thomas

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As the Republicans run to the crazy Tea Party right, they leave behind the huge mass of genuinely moderate and independent Americans that make up the majority of voters. The ones that used to consider themselves now-extinct moderate Republicans. They're up for grabs. And the Democrats have to grab them!

Jennifer Granholm

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Joe Cocker never sounded forced. Crazy, perhaps, but not forced.

Andrew Rosenthal

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Nothing will see us through the age we're entering but high consciousness, and that comes hard. We don't have a good, modern myth yet, and we need one.

Robert Johnson

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If we based everything in Hollywood on who was a nice guy, holy moly, we would have no movies. No actors would work. This is not an industry that is ruled by kindness and generosity.

Amy Sherman-Palladino

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Growing up, dating seemed pretty straightforward: If someone was interested in getting to know you on a romantic level, they approached, exchanged info, and proceeded to communicate with you in a consistent fashion between outings of various natures.

Amanda Seales

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Human folly does not impede the turning of the stars.

Tom Robbins

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You go through life wondering what is it all about but at the end of the day it's all about family.

Rod Stewart

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The secret to acting is don't act. Be you, with add-ons.

Michael Sheen

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You know, in China, they say, come on over, we'll build the plant for you. Of course, then they steal your patents, but the reality is that they are aggressively trying to take our jobs. Every other country is. They know that to have a middle class, you have to make things.

Debbie Stabenow

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Meditation is a lifelong process. Give it a try. As you get deeper and more disciplined into the process, you'll get deeper and more disciplined in your mind and life.

Brendon Burchard

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Luckily my parents were not against my ambition, they've always been very supportive. But they were adamant that I went to university first.

Archie Panjabi

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Whether it's being a leading man, making TV shows, being with my family, I've learned a lot.

Ashton Kutcher

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