Itzhak Perlman Quotes

I don't feel that the conductor has real power. The orchestra has the power, and every member of it knows instantaneously if you're just beating time.

Itzhak Perlman

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PowerTimeFeelYouRealOrchestra

People wonder aloud about whether I am an okay mother. That is obviously painful because it's so important to me. It's hard to hear that people think I'm not a capable mother and a good person, that they just think I'm nuts.

Angelina Jolie

GoodMotherI AmPeopleMeThink

Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.

John Singer Sargent

FriendAgeTimePortraitLosePaint

I'm an in-control person.

Ana Ivanovic

Person

If I was a CIA front company, what would I want to be able to do? Well, I would want to be able to land at military airfields as a civilian, so there's got to be some document that the Air Force or the Army has that would list all the civilian aircraft that are cleared to land at military bases.

Trevor Paglen

ArmyWantAir ForceLandMilitary

I think that if people realize that with an mp3, you're only getting five percent of the sound that's there. But when you hear the entire thing... I think it would save the music business. It's such a drastic change.

Tom Petty

ChangeBusinessMusicPeopleThink

I get paranoid about people staring at me. Even now I don't deal with people looking at me. I can't do it sometimes. I can't go out. I don't know how to react when people stare.

Robbie Fowler

PeopleMeLookingGoKnowSometimes

In my 15 minutes of fame around 'Diamonds and Dirt,' it was not a healthy time for me because of my insecurity.

Rodney Crowell

TimeMeInsecurityDiamondsHealthy

We are in perilous territory the stronger Iran gets. And they're getting stronger. We should make them weaker.

Ron Johnson

StrongerMakeTerritoryShouldIran

I just try to make contact with the ball. It's obvious that I like to swing the bat. I'm not thinking of taking a lot of pitches.

Jose Altuve

ThinkingSwingTryContactBallBat

Black artists deserve the opportunity to create work without the burden of alleviating the social ills plaguing many black communities.

Clint Smith

WorkOpportunityBlackCreateBurden

Born a slave, Harriet Tubman was determined not to remain one. She escaped from her owners in Maryland on the Underground Railroad in 1849 and then fearlessly returned thirteen times to help guide family members and others to freedom as the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad.

Susan Campbell Bartoletti

FamilyFreedomFamousHelpBornShe

I'm a mix between a striker and a midfielder.

Thomas Muller

BetweenMix

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