Evelyn Glennie Quotes

I like the sparkle of the vibraphone.

Evelyn Glennie

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We must rid this nation of the United Nations, which provides the communist conspiracy with a headquarters here on our own shores, and which actually makes it impossible for the United States to form its own decisions about its conduct and policies in Europe and Asia.

John T. Flynn

ImpossibleDecisionsNationEurope

I'm not really a director for hire. You read these scripts and go, 'This is a really great script, but Paul Greengrass would make this so much better than me.' I usually say, 'I know who would be good for this. It's not me.'

Stephen Daldry

GoodGreatMeBetterYouKnow

Confidence is something you have to embrace.

Stella Maxwell

ConfidenceYouEmbraceSomething

The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work.

Simone Weil

WorkGreatnessCivilizationTrue

I'm a conservative kind of person. I don't think rightwing is quite the same thing. But I acknowledge my conservatism of temperament.

Tom Stoppard

ThinkPersonKindConservativeSame

Over the last few years, I've started to look more closely at the way coaches work to learn from them - not just here at the club but with the international team as well.

Robin Van Persie

WorkTeamLearnLookWayMore

The Buddhas had to be destroyed by the Taliban to get the world thinking about Afghanistan.

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

WorldThinkingAfghanistanDestroyed

The people who hold that our culture is an oppressive patriarchy, they don't want to admit that the current hierarchy might be predicated on competence.

Jordan Peterson

CulturePeopleAdmitWantCompetence

I played one year of competitive basketball, actually. I don't remember what grade I was in, maybe middle school or something. I was the point guard - I was the smallest one always. I did my best; I thought I did pretty good. I was always a little bit better at soccer, so I had to make the decision.

Christian Pulisic

GoodDecisionBestSchoolBetter

I've said this before: myself and Tommy Shelby, he's the most unlike-me character I have ever played.

Cillian Murphy

CharacterMyselfSaidMostHeEver

Human life has meaning only to that degree and as long as it is lived in the service of humanity.

Wole Soyinka

LifeServiceMeaningLongHumanity

Yes, threadbare seem his songs, to lettered ken - they were worn threadbare next the hearts of men.

William Watson

MenNextYesSeemHeartsSongs

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