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" The cello is a hero because of its register - its tenor voice. It is a masculine instrument, whereas the violin is feminine because of its soprano pitch. When the cello enters in the Dvorak Concerto, it is like a great orator. "

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" The real power of the Buddha was that he had so much love. He saw people trapped in their notions of small separate self, feeling guilty or proud of that self, and he offered revolutionary teachings that resounded like a lion's roar, like a great rising tide, helping people to wake up and break free from the prison of ignorance. "

Nhat Hanh

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" As we learned after President Herbert Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley tariff at the outset of the Great Depression, vibrant international trade is a key component to economic recovery; hindering trade is a recipe for disaster. "

" Being ignored is a great privilege. That is how I think I learned to see what others do not see and to react to situations differently. I simply looked at the world, not really prepared for anything. "

" I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game. "

" I believe that there are many herbs and many trees that are worth much in Europe for dyes and for medicines; but I do not know, and this causes me great sorrow. Arriving at this cape, I found the smell of the trees and flowers so delicious that it seemed the pleasantest thing in the world. "

" It is of great importance to our country generally, and especially to our navigating and whaling interests, that the Pacific Coast and, indeed, the whole of our territory west of the Rocky Mountains, should speedily be filled up by a hardy and patriotic population. "

" I have known plenty of people who, in their later years, had the energy of children and the kind of curiosity and fascination with things like little children. I think we can keep that, and I think it's important to keep that part of staying young. But I also think it's great fun growing old. "

" The greatest humiliation in life, is to work hard on something from which you expect great appreciation, and then fail to get it. "

" A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal. "

" You're not going to be great at everything. Surround yourself with people that can compliment you so you can work together and then everybody can be successful. "

" Nothing is so great an example of bad manners as flattery. If you flatter all the company, you please none; If you flatter only one or two, you offend the rest. "

" If I make a speech, I need a translator. But music does not need a translation. People understand me through the sound. That I think is very important. This is just one planet, like one family. "

Mstislav Rostropovich

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Music

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" I look at my father. He is one of my heroes. He is such an incredible, classy man. He was such a great father and such a great husband in so many ways, and we lived through some pretty tough times losing my mom. When I see all that he did, I think, 'Wow, that's a really wonderful man.' "

" Making money is a happiness. And that's a great incentive. Making other people happy is a super-happiness. "

" If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way. "

" It only serves to show what sort of person a man must be who can't even get testimonials. No, no; if a man brings references, it proves nothing; but if he can't, it proves a great deal. "

" I played with the best conductors of the world. "

Mstislav Rostropovich

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World

" Great teaching requires incredible talent and dedication, strong intellectual ability and interpersonal skill, real discipline and empathy. "

" To stay a great singer or guitar player, you've got to do it 24/7. That's what I do. "

" I'm not sure whether I've been happy. After my last book tour, I sat on my balcony with a cup of tea. I thought: 'You can't rewind the movie. I've spent more than half my life in the Middle East. There have been great moments of horror and depression and loneliness.' "

" We had a great many horses, of which we gave Lewis and Clark what they needed, and they gave us guns and tobacco in return. "

" For me, it's a great thing to tell people anything is possible. When I was 15, people told me 'You're not going to be a DJ.' "

" I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble. "

" Anybody can be a great photographer if they zoom in enough on what they love. "

David Bailey

" Gaming has been a great way to get to know people. That's part of what I love about games, that they are social. "

" I learned a great many years ago that in a fight between husband and wife, a third party should never get between the woman's skillet and the man's ax-helve. "

" My childhood was great, honestly. I have all these incredible memories of my childhood. I was an only child. I always had all my cousins around. I had my grandparents around. I had my parents around. I had my uncles around - whatever. "

" A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. "

" A great song can make a terrible singer sound good, but a good singer - you put a great song on top of that, you're really in great shape! "

" Every day is a great day for hockey. "