If a train doesn’t stop at your station, it’s simply because it’s not your train. Don’t try to flag down the conductor… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
Years ago, I heard an interview with violinist Yehudi Menuhin. The interviewer said, "Do you still practice?" And he said, "I practice… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
Doubt not, O poet, but persist. Say 'It is in me, and shall out.' Stand there, balked and dumb, stuttering and stammering,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
What is a career, actually? Nobody can destroy my career. Only I can destroy my career, if I am a bad conductor.… — Neeme Jarvi Copy Share Image
The life of any musician really doesn't fall into a normal schedule at all. Every week there are different rehearsals, different days… — Leonard Slatkin Copy Share Image
The steam-engine in its manifold applications, the crime-decreasing gas-lamp, the lightning conductor, the electric telegraph, the law of storms and rules for… — Richard Owen Copy Share Image
Perhaps the chief requirement of [the conductor] is that he be humble before the composer; that he never interpose himself between the… — Leonard Bernstein Copy Share Image
Really, Watson, you excel yourself," said Holmes, pushing back his chair and lighting a cigarette. "I am bound to say that in… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image