"Percussion is physical, as most instruments are. The body must function well in order to play the instruments well. Last year I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro."

-- Evelyn Glennie

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“I view every game I play for England as it could be my last, so I go out there and enjoy it. It's the only way I can approach it.”
“When I was a fireman I was in a lot of burning buildings. It was a great job, the only job I ever had that compares with the thrill of acting.”
“When guns are outlawed, only the Government will have guns. The Government - and a few outlaws. If that happens, you can count me among the outlaws.”
“Giving never happens by accident. It's always intentional.”
“France, mother of arts, of warfare, and of laws (Les Regrets)”

Source : Les Regrets Sonnet 9 (1558)
“That breath that you just took, that's a gift!”
“Within my body are all the sacred places of the world, and the most profound pilgrimage I can ever make is within my own body.”
“An adventure differs from a mere feat in that it is tied to the externally unattainable. Only one end of the rope is in the hand, the other is not visible, and neither prayers, nor daring, nor reason can shake it free.”

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