Evelyn Glennie Quotes

My favorite instrument is the snare drum. In Scotland, the snare drum is very prominent in Highland bands. The Scottish style of playing is in my blood. It's a very powerful instrument, but it can also be soothing, like velvet. It's a real challenge for composers.

Evelyn Glennie

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There is a clear matter that I am not a practicing physician. I have never been a practitioner; everybody has known for decades. I'm a developer of the technology.

Robert Jarvik

TechnologyI AmPhysicianMatter

I think books with spiritual themes simply point to the deeper mysteries of life - to what lies beyond us, to what's hidden inside of us, or perhaps to an understanding of what truly matters.

Sue Monk Kidd

LifeSpiritualThinkUnderstanding

There's always a price for what you want.

Steve Perry

YouPriceWantAlways

No leader, however strong, can succeed at anything of national importance or significance unless he has the support and cooperation of the people he is tasked to lead and sworn to serve.

Rodrigo Duterte

LeaderSupportPeopleSucceedStrong

I'm very open about my referencing; I'm very open about who I work with.

Jonathan Anderson

WorkOpenWhoVeryAbout

You have to get the casting right. You have to get the people behind it. Your director might not be the right director for the project. And then, it has to test and those people in that room, wherever they are, have to turn those buttons the right way at the right time.

Diego Klattenhoff

TimePeopleYouRight TimeTestWay

I couldn't care less about who sees my bits... My friends asked how I could do scenes like that and not get excited, but it wasn't like that. My bits looked the size of a cashew nut!

Colin Farrell

CareFriendsSizeExcitedGetNut

A lot of comics make good actors. Actors make bad comics. They can't do it the other way round.

Bradley Walsh

GoodBadWayRoundMakeComics

First and foremost it's important that we're able to put something back in the game, which we have always done. We're doing this to help needy charities along with the police forces in different towns and cities.

Bobby Hull

PoliceGameDoingHelpBackDone

If I didn't do music, I would do something to help people out.

Anne-Marie

MusicPeopleHelpOutSomething

I have an unreasonably optimistic view of the world.

Anne Wojcicki

WorldViewOptimistic

There's a whole range of words that people use about landscape. Pastoral? Idyll? I can't stand them.

Alice Oswald

WordsPeopleStandLandscapeWhole

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