To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting. – e.e. cummings, 1955
To this day, I am the least materialistic person I know, because my father didnt raise me to just go out and buy this or that car. The only reason I wanted to make money as an actor was because Im passionate about food! – Hugh Jackman
I feel like I have as good a shot as anybody out there and I have gotten close in the past, so why not have the attitude that I can come out and play great tennis and maybe even win this tournament. – Michael Chang
It has to be able to play at the maximum expression and communication in every style, and the only way you can do that is – like Verdi said – working with a file, every day, little by little, until the orchestras collective qualities emerge. – James Levine
