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“It's not a question of how much power you can hoard for yourself, but how much you can give away.” quote by Benjamin Zander — Download Open image

“It's not a question of how much power you can hoard for yourself, but how much you can give away.”

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Imagine Martin Luther King saying, 'I have a dream ... But I don't know if the others will buy it.'

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Everybody loves classical music they just don't know about it yet.

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The conductor of an orchestra doesn’t make a sound. He depends, for his power, on his ability to make other people powerful.

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“In the measurement world, you set a goal and strive for it. In the universe of possibility, you set the context and let life…

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how absurd human beings are and how magnificent.

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The major difference between the 'best' and the 'average' is that the 'best' get as much pleasure from practice as performance.

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Throw yourself into life as someone who makes a difference, accepting that you may not understand how or why.

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Look at their eyes. If their eyes are shining, you know you're doing it.

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Only within yourself exists the other reality for which you long. I can give you nothing that has not already its being within yourself.…

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The only people who think the Internet is a calamity are people whose lives have been hurt by it; the only people who insist…

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True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them.

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Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which... public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours.

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Some people give you that motivation to work harder simply to get the hell away from wherever they are.

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I understand that it's the music that keeps me alive... That's my lifeblood. And to give that up for, like, the TV, the cars, the houses - that's not the American dream. That's the booby prize, in the end. Those are the booby prizes. And if you fall for them - if, when you achieve them, you believe that this…

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I received a beautiful welcome to the world of music. I want to give something back to the younger generation.

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Eternal Trinity... mystery deep as the sea, You could give me no greater gift than the gift of Yourself. For You are a fire…

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Faith gives you a certain structure and meaning to your life.

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Most paper money initially existed as a substitute for gold. That's what gave it value. But right now what gives a currency value is other currency. Most countries hold reserves and the reserves are other currencies. If you are a backing up the euro with the dollar, what's backing up the dollar? I don't think it is going to go…

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