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Aga Khan IV Quotes

Pluralism is no longer simply an asset or a prerequisite for progress and development; it is vital to our existence.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: businessman
Nationality:
Birth: December 13, 1936

Topics

Progress Development Existence Asset

There is a neurologist, a woman over at Harvard who wanted me to come talk to them, and in France I have a lot of readers in the sciences. I can't tell you why.

Woman Me You Why Talk Over

The commencement speech is not, I think, a wholly satisfactory manifestation of our culture.

John Kenneth Galbraith

Culture Think Speech Manifestation

If you have music you want to play that no one asks you to play, you have to go out and find where you can play it. It's called do or die.

Music Die You Find Play Want

The accountability of state legislators is so much more than federal legislators.

Accountability More State Than Much

I remember when I was rehearsing 'Scottsboro Boys,' I was in 'American Idiot,' so, every night, I was screaming, singing these high, belty Cs and Ds, and then, during the day, I would be doing these legato lines - I am very lucky that I have had the training that I have so that I could handle all of that.

Day Training I Am Singing Night

I actually enjoy being heckled; it keeps it interesting, and I think it is a nice feeling for people once they have left the show.

People Think Interesting Enjoy Nice

It doesn't matter if it's a small role: if I know I can pull it off and have a good team, I will do it.

Good Team Small I Can Know Matter

I'll work thirteen hours at a time producing a new track. Not a lot of people understand that - not girlfriends, friends, family.

Work Family Time People Friends New

I grew up in an environment with virtually no Hispanics where you see only people in your culture in custodial jobs. I had a messed up image of what we bring to this nation. My father was known as a pioneering figure in Cuban music, but I still associated him with everything that was negative in my neighborhood. I could not have been more mistaken.

Arturo O'Farrill

Father Music Culture People Negative

I've always valued the input of the people I love. So in the past, whenever I'd make a decision - what to wear to an event, whether to pursue a job opportunity - I'd consult those closest to me, like my mother, husband, or manager.

Love Mother Opportunity Decision Job

Pesticides came about after the first world war. Some brainy petrochemical money maker said, 'Hey, that mustard gas worked great on people, maybe we could dilute it down and spray it on our crops to deal with pests.'

Woody Harrelson

Great Money War People World Brainy

It's very different doing a food show in America and doing one in Britain. I did a 20-part series for the BBC series called 'Eating With the Enemy.' The budget for all 20 episodes was probably the budget for a single episode of 'Top Chef.' It's the difference between making a home movie in your backyard and going to Hollywood.

Home Food Chef Eating America Doing

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