"I never use a score when conducting my orchestra... Does a lion tamer enter a cage with a book on how to tame a lion?"

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Dimitris Mitropoulos

#Book Quotes #Musical Quotes #Lions Quotes

“I come from the theater and you normally have four or five weeks to prepare. For me, the fun of the job is to pull yourself into a subject that you know nothing about.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“Dhoni is the best captain India ever had”
“There are two sorts of truth: trivialities, where opposites are clearly absurd, and profound truths, recognised by the fact that the opposite is also a profound truth”
“Rock 'n' roll is meant to entertain. Hippie folk singers are supposed to be singing about leftist views, but I don't think rock 'n' roll was ever that way. I don't remember the early rock 'n' rollers ever expressing any political views.”

Source : FaceBook post by Johnny Ramone from Feb 25, 2015
“Don't be distracted by criticism. Remember ~ the only taste of success some people have is when they take a bite out of you.”
“And, Joey, if you ever want to know about the japonicas and the daisy fields it will be alright that you have forgotten because I will be able to tell you about how it felt to be feeling that way you cannot quite remember â€“ that will be for the time when something happens years from now that reminds you of now.”
“Teach your children to work, teach your daughters modesty, teach all the virtue of economy. And if not make them saints, at least make them Christians.”

Source : "Salazar: biographical study" by Franco Nogueira, Atlantis Publishing, (p. 285), 1977.
“Some parents believe that competition helps prepare children to succeed. Others fear that their children will not be able to handle failure.”

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