"I've had a number of opportunities to hear Andrei Ryabov perform and I am amazed at the high level of creativity, technique and freshness in his playing."

-- Gene Bertoncini

#Creativity Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #Numbers Quotes

“I think that fans are always looking for someone to blame. Wouldn't it be nice if they looked in the mirror?”
“Your ability to work with others on a complex task is a critical skill for advancement at work.”
“Identifying as a Pagan, feminist, Witch, and anarchist is possibly a way to alarm great segments of the general public, but at least it keeps me from sinking into a boring and respectable middle age.”
“We gotta figure out a way to pay our teachers more. They're like surrogate parents away from home. They have such a huge responsibility and they're underappreciated and underpaid.”
“It may sound affected - but it is the act of creation itself, and it is equally exhilarating whether one is working on a teaspoon or a national bank.”
“Drinking wine was not a snobbism nor a sign of sophistication nor a cult; it was as natural as eating and to me as necessary...”
“I am acquainted with no immaterial sensuality so delightful as good acting.”
“In college, I won the Irene Ryan; it's kind of like a collegiate Tony, which got my career going. I was honored. I won a fellowship to the Kennedy Center, and that's where I got my agent.”

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