Mstislav Rostropovich Quotes

The cello is a hero because of its register - its tenor voice. It is a masculine instrument, whereas the violin is feminine because of its soprano pitch. When the cello enters in the Dvorak Concerto, it is like a great orator.

Mstislav Rostropovich

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: russian
  • Birth: March 27, 1927 - April 27, 2007

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I have to remember that for the most part people will see me for what I do, not what I say I do.

Jemima Kirke

PeopleMeRememberSayWillSee

'Hansel and Gretel' is one of the scariest stories ever written! Psychotic mother; stupid, inane father.

Maurice Sendak

FatherMotherStupidPsychoticEver

Apologies are great, but they don't really change anything. You know what does? Action.

Stella Young

ChangeGreatActionYouKnowReally

If my impressions are correct, our educational planing mill cuts down all the knots of genius, and reduces the best of the men who go through it to much the same standard.

Simon Newcomb

BestMenGeniusDownGoSame

Rock guitar is one of my favourite sounds.

Trombone Shorty

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I am the Federal Government.

Tom DeLay

GovernmentI AmFederal GovernmentAm

It's important for a villain to be as threatening as possible, whether physically, mentally or emotionally... however you want to do it. If you can combine all three, well, that's the ultimate villain.

Robert Z'Dar

VillainYouImportantThreePossible

What I am is what you get. My wife will tell me all the time, 'You probably shouldn't say that.' But the fact of the matter is, when you get under my dander, I have to express myself.

Ron Stallworth

TimeMyselfWifeI AmMeYou

Women liked me because I made them laugh.

Mickey Rooney

WomenMeLaughBecauseMadeLiked

Barack Obama is not Harry Truman, who dropped the A-bomb on Japan to stop World War II. Barack Obama is not John F. Kennedy, who lowered marginal tax rates to get economic growth and job creation. Barack Obama and the far left, they are a completely different ball of wax.

Monica Crowley

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The Australian Outback can be quite unforgiving.

Jason O'Mara

AustralianQuiteUnforgiving

Let me tell you a story about when I was growing up in Spain. Many Sundays, we would invite 30, 40, 50 people to the countryside, and my father would make a big paella. He put me in charge of the fire and the 'stove' - the rocks that hold the pan. But he wouldn't let me cook. I got so unbelievably upset.

Jose Andres

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