"Sometimes if you have very confident people, you have to tell them please, be polite, there are other players are good enough as you and you should never speak out of an orchestra."

-- Kurt Masur

#Player Quotes #People Quotes #Orchestra Quotes

“I believe that working with good people matters because then the work environment is good. If there is a sense of respect and belief among the people you work with, that is when good work is done.”
“Yes, my dear children, everything is good and precious in God's sight when we act from the motives of religion and of charity because Jesus Christ tells us that a glass of water would not go unrewarded. You see, therefore, my children, that although we may be quite poor, we can still easily give alms.”
“That voice that cries out doesn't have to be a weakling's does it?”

Source : John Osborne (2013). “Look Back in Anger”, p.98, Faber & Faber
“And I thought my loss was not, certainly, the end of the world, but to lessen the enthusiasm of those young people who were signed up, I thought that was tragic.”
“The very freedom and expressiveness we find missing in life we find present in art.”
“It's often said that life is strange. But compared to what?”
“When you are shooting action, there is a satisfying thing because your objectives are very clear.”
“If people in Indonesia look 'different', they are afraid. Racist insults fly if someone does not look like part of the majority. Indonesia is one of the most racist countries on earth, and it has proven it during several of the genocides that have taken place here. But there is no perception, no clue, and no understanding of what racism actually is. And there is zero self-criticism.”

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