I think it’s a very important collaboration between the conductor and the orchestra – especially when the conductor is one more member of the orchestra in the way that you are leading, but also respecting, feeling and building the same way for all the players to understand the music. Gustavo Dudamel Read Quote
Really, as a writer, I believe that if you’re going to write about your own life, you need to do it as honestly and candidly as you are capable. John Grogan Read Quote
The thing is, people only care about their selfie. I am a fan of artists, and if I have 30 seconds with an artist, I am not going to take a photo just to prove on social media that I was with the artist. I am going to enjoy every single second of those 30 seconds, ask questions, talk, actually make something of the moment, thank them. Martin Garrix Read Quote
There are always people you can turn to for help and advice. Former coaches, people I used to play with in Belgium and in England. It is good to have people you can look to for support, but in the end you are out on the pitch on your own and you have to come through it for yourself. Simon Mignolet Read Quote
My father was brought up in a theatrical background, just as I was, and his father instilled in him the need to do everything properly and take responsibility for money. Sean Pertwee Read Quote
People have their special room for Christmas. One year my mum left her present on the arm of the sofa and it was still there the following Christmas! Michael McIntyre Read Quote
On two or three book tours, I have visited bookstores in the Mall of America and signed copies of my books and introduced myself to store employees who I hope will sell them. Ian Frazier Read Quote
I hope that on Veterans Day people think about those who protect us from the evils out there. Sean Murray Read Quote
After the Soviet Union collapsed, people thought the last Soviet generation was going to be the great hope for democracy. When that failed, their hopes shifted to the first post-Soviet generation, and then the second one. Masha Gessen Read Quote
Thinking through how you look to your enemies is helpful. That doesn’t mean that your ideology is wrong and theirs is right, but maybe you have to recognise that they have one – and that it may be logically coherent. Which may be uncomfortable. Mary Beard Read Quote
