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" There are people who are uncanny, who are finished products at a young age. I wasn't, thank God. "
Itzhak Perlman
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" When I came to the United States, I appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show as a 13-year-old, and I played a Mendelssohn Concerto, and it sounded like a talented 13-year-old with a lot of promise. But it did not sound like a finished product. "
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