"The best results come when people believe in and feel strongly about the music they are playing. Just as composers write for certain types of performers, performers are also looking for certain things."

-- Michael Hersch

#Believe Quotes #Writing Quotes #People Quotes

“I've done my bit for motion pictures-I've stopped making them.”
“I thought that somehow your life would be much different when you're famous... and it's not. You just buy more stuff.”
“There have always been hucksters, cranks and populists who see a brief rise in American politics, going back to William Jennings Bryan at the turn of the century. The body politic has a way of expelling these invaders.”

Source : "And then there were 16". "The Journal Editorial Report" with Paul Gigot, www.foxnews.com. July 25, 2015.
“I will not be triumphed over.”

Source : "Cleopatra: from history to myth", www.theguardian.com. March 18, 2003.
“The competition I played against was fantastic, but golf is a different game now. The courses have shrunk because the equipment has gotten better. They're hitting the ball 10 to 15 percent farther because of the changes in the golf ball.”
“I see Sandy Barr got himself a $4 haircut...$1 for each side.”
“Mammals are sentient beings that want to live and are afraid to die. Evolution vouchsafed us all with an instinct to survive, reproduce and flourish.”
“I like change, like anybody. You don't want to keep doing the same thing because then it gets harder to take chances, be creative, and feel inspired when you're doing the same thing.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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