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“It's quite hard to have your mom as a teacher - it's like, she's not necessarily a "real teacher" for me. But she'd always teach me to really hear the music, and develop my ear, and to try and hear the harmonics of the piano. That was the main thing.”
Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
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“As for the differences of opinion upon speculative questions, if we wait till they are reconciled, the action of human affairs must be suspended forever. But neither are we to look for perfection in any one man, nor for agreement among many.”
Source : Junius, Sir Philip Francis (1813). “Junius. Stat nominis umbra”, p.310
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“In the first weeks I had occasionally worn clothes in the morning before the sun began its ascent, but very soon I abandoned this habit, and the only bit of material I ever wore was the strip of sari cloth around my hips, which was so useful for making into a bag to collect coconuts on walks.”
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“I always have an idea before we even start the movie because if you hire the wrong person, within a couple of days you're going to know that and you're going to be really panicked.”
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“I confessed to Tobias, soon after that, that I had lost my entire family. And he assured me that he was my family now. -Tris Prior”
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“I had many boxing matches with my brother in the backyard when we were younger, and I guess while other people abhor boxing for its brutality, I also have to admire anyone who climbs into the ring to face up to what could be the ultimate defeat.”
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“Dull magic is a collection of tricks: great magic should sting.”
Source : "On Deception". Book by Harry Houdini, foreword, 2009.
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“The greatest step forward in human evolution was made when society began to help the weak and the poor, instead of oppressing and despising them.”
