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Yo-Yo Ma Quotes

Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: October 7, 1955

Topics

Passion Great Creativity Risks You

I lived in Arizona, and I thought Florida was in California because I thought oranges came from the same place.

Thought Place California Florida

I'll never forget travelling to New Zealand for three months to make the 'Underworld' films - that was pretty special.

Steven Mackintosh

Never Forget New Forget Three Never

So many directors are solely focused on their own success in Hollywood and multimillion dollar budgets and deals.

Success Focused Hollywood Dollar Own

Big Star invented a vision of bohemian rock & roll cool that had nothing to do with New York, Los Angeles or London, which made them completely out of style in the 1970s, but also made them an inspiration to generations of weird Southern kids.

Vision Style New York Cool Weird

The places where I have the nameless character in 'My Name Is Legion' meet his boss are real places I've been to. That works well for tax purposes, writing into my stories the places I've actually visited.

Character Boss Writing Name Meet

I don't think I suffered with depression, I don't think I'm a depressed type of person - I just think I suffered a depression to do with snooker, and I just couldn't handle it. I could go out and play, but take me out of there and I couldn't do life. It was a nightmare, my life just felt like a bit of a nightmare.

Ronnie O'Sullivan

Life Depression Me Think My Life Go

When life is real, it's not going to be smooth.

Life Real Going Smooth

I'm big on setting goals, but I also think that if you have too many lofty ambitions and set goals for everything, you can sabotage your efforts by overextending your brain.

Goals Brain Think You Everything

You see people on TV flying in to places just to pick up a baby, or brush some flies away. That's great if they can bring that issue to public attention. But that's not what I wanted to do. I was interested in committing to something that I could function in whether I was Debra Winger or not. Because nobody might care about that next week.

Great People Baby Flying Care You

The solid, middle-class values of hard work, responsibility, family, community, and faith my father talked about tirelessly from Iowa to New York, he lived at home. The hopes he had for his family and for me, he had for all Americans. I think Americans understood this.

Chelsea Clinton

Work Family Hard Work Father Home

Comedy is a very, very, very stringent business.

Business Comedy Very Stringent

Personally I just want to win a championship.

Win Want Championship Just

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