Alfred Brendel Quotes

If I belong to a tradition, it is a tradition that makes the masterpiece tell the performer what to do, and not the performer telling the piece what it should be like, or the composer what he ought to have composed.

Alfred Brendel

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I read so much Harry Potter, that's, like, all I wanted to talk about. I watched stuff like 'Lizzie McGuire.' I watched things that were very mainstream but white, and I went to a predominately white school.

Jessica Williams

SchoolWhiteTalkThingsLikeStuff

In comedy, something may be more absurd, but you have to believe just as much as you do when you're doing drama.

Jenna Elfman

BelieveComedyDoingYouDramaMore

I think what happens when you are prime minister is no day is the same and every day you are under pressure. And there is always so much happening that the days just flash by and flash into weeks.

John Key

DayThinkPressureYouEvery Day

There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports that talks were useful, it can safely be concluded that nothing was accomplished.

John Kenneth Galbraith

RulesNothingDiplomacyReportsFew

Baseball has better opening days and All-Star Games than the N.F.L. does. Ours stink.

John Madden

BaseballBetterGamesOpeningDays

There are so many Al Anon fans and friends who have shown me wonderful love, prayers, thoughts! I thank everyone for this. It feels great to have wonderful people behind you, pushing and praying for you. Mostly, I don't want to let myself down, but they encourage me not to let them down.

Steven Adler

LoveGreatMyselfPeopleThoughts

Having two back-to-back No. 1's is unbelievable.

Jon Pardi

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We all have days where we can't pronounce things or give it the emotion it deserves.

Johnny Vegas

EmotionDaysThingsWhereGive

Your body's made to run, to walk, to trek long distances and carry things, work in a forest, and hunt animals. You have to keep it alive to function.

Dolph Lundgren

WorkWalkForestLongYouBody

Everyone's a pacifist between wars. It's like being a vegetarian between meals.

Colman McCarthy

EveryoneVegetarianMealsBeingLike

Juggling being a mom and an entertainer is a challenge I face every day.

Ciara

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I just was built with an innate ability to not let fear guide me in how I run my life.

Bob Iger

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