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Itzhak Perlman Quotes

Everybody's saying, you know, 'You're so heroic and so on despite of the polio that you had and so on.' Look, I had polio when I was four. So when you're four years old, you know, you get used to things very, very quickly.

Itzhak Perlman

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: israeli
Birth: August 31, 1945

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Saying You Look Know Old Years

I take the work seriously. Which is why I always swing for the fences whenever I voice a character. But that said, I don't take myself all that seriously.

Jim Cummings

Work Character Myself Voice Swing

'Killing Pablo' to me - as much as I love 'The Grey''s script - 'Killing Pablo' to me is the best thing I've ever written.

Joe Carnahan

Love Best Me Much Ever Thing

Conservatives and liberals can find common ground.

Jesse Jackson

Find Ground Common Ground Common

I have always found it jarring to encounter people born and raised in, say, Switzerland, who are denied its citizenship and still considered Algerians or Turks.

Anand Giridharadas

People Citizenship Born Say Always

I'm certainly aware of the fans. I'm always hoping that what I'm doing is something they'll like, because I do appreciate them. But, no, when I get into the studio, it's all about what I like. It's the same thing that led me to the possibility of making that first Boston album, which was to divorce myself from all other influences.

Tom Scholz

Myself Me Appreciate Doing Divorce

It's really hard to find a love song that is real. That's when you really strike a chord with somebody, when you dig in deep and grab a hold.

Rodney Atkins

Love Song Deep You Find Strike

I was by far the least popular of the Blue Collar crew when we started. There was a definite pecking order, and everybody knew it.

Ron White

Blue Order Started Crew Far Knew

I read about two reviews early on when my first record came out, and it just freaked me out, good and bad, so I've never really kept up with that side of it.

Mat Kearney

Good Me Bad Early Good And Bad Out

A teenage foot that never tapped to 'Heartbreak Hotel' in the '50s probably belonged to a hopeless grind.

Molly Ivins

Hotel Grind Hopeless Never Foot

I hated the idea that I would be like my father. Which is one of the reasons I decided I didn't want to be a writer and wanted to be an actor instead. I wanted to go in a total different direction. But, of course, I ended up being a writer anyway.

Loudon Wainwright III

Father Direction Go Want Actor Up

A lot of people in my generation, we use hip-hop as a tool to compose.

Jose James

People Generation Hip-Hop Tool Use

I'm always inspired to push forward.

Dianne Reeves

Forward Push Always Inspired