"Every opera, because every opera is a unique slice of a particular perspective, historical perspective and psychological perspective if not musical style, and so forth, they all present different challenges. Some can be musically very challenging, some can be psychologically more challenging. There is always something that requires a pretty specific amount of energy and attention."

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Source : Source: bigthink.com

Thomas Hampson

#Unique Quotes #Perspective Quotes #Challenges Quotes

“Help me find more money in my budget!”
“I lived in England for a long time, and even the English didn't think me as one of theirs. In America I'm not really accepted. In New Zealand now, I don't think they even think of me as a New Zealander.”

Source : "Andrew Niccol on his new drone-warfare drama Good Kill". Interview with Sam Fragoso, www.avclub.com. May 20, 2015.
“Surely one zoo in the world should have the courage to draw the ultimate conclusion about our ancestry? A cage with Homo Sapiens in all its varying forms, perhaps then we would understand ourselves better. The question of course is whether the other animals would approve of it.”
“It often happens that I wake up at night and begin to think about a serious problem and decide I must tell the Pope about it. Then I wake up completely and remember that I am the Pope.”

Source : Quoted in Forbes, 14 May 1990
“I have feelings too. I am still human. All I want is to be loved, for myself and for my talent.”
“... he became an officer and a gentleman, which is an enviable thing;”
“I am just your everyday, average girl. I live by the beach. I wear flip flops. I don't wear make-up. I go to the gym. My husband and I are just really laid back people.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The world changed on September 11, 2001.”

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