"The point of opera is that people are……" — Alexander McCall Smith
"The point of opera is that people are moved by the emotions and music."
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83 Quotes by Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander McCall Smith has 83 quotes on this site.
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You can go through life and make new friends every year - every month practically - but there was never…
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A life without stories would be no life at all. And stories bound us, did they not, one to another,…
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But don't we often lie to people we love, or not tell them things, precisely because we love them?
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The point about love, the essential point, was that we loved what we loved. We did not choose. We just…
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Do you realise that people die of boredom in London suburbs? It's the second biggest cause of death amongs the…
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Gracious acceptance is an art - an art which most never bother to cultivate. We think that we have to…
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Most people want nothing to happen. That is the problem with governments these days. They want to do things all…
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Writers obviously have to bear witness to the harsh face of the age.
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The telling of a story, like virtually everything in this life, was always made all the easier by a cup…
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It was time to take the pumpkin out of the pot and eat it. In the final analysis, that was…
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We all know that it is women who take the decisions, but we have to let men think that the…
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Be content with who you are and where you are, and do whatever you can do to bring to others…
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A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at…
— Diane Ackerman
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All relationships change the brain - but most important are the intimate bonds that foster or fail us, altering the…
— Diane Ackerman
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Man is lost and is wandering in a jungle where real values have no meaning. Real values can have meaning…
— Sai Baba
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Completeness? Happiness? These words don't come close to describing my emotions. There truly is nothing I can say to capture…
— Anita Baker
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What's most important in animation is the emotions and the ideas being portrayed. I'm a great believer of energy and…
— Ralph Bakshi
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No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged…
— Ansel Adams
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Music is intended and designed for sentient beings that have hopes and purposes and emotions.
— Jacques Barzun
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I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes,…
— A. C. Benson
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I have the embarrassing thing where often if you're watching a film, you kind of go through the emotions and…
— Cate Blanchett
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'Passione' is a selection of the music moments that have accompanied my youth; a collection of cherished memories, of moments,…
— Andrea Bocelli
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The nature of music is mysterious and so much so that it generates strong emotions within us. It moves along…
— Andrea Bocelli
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I don't chart out the life histories of the people I play. If I did, I'd be in trouble. I…
— Ernest Borgnine
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