Halls Quotes - Page 33

• There's no hall of fame for that working class hero, no statue carved out of stone. And his greatest reward is the love of a woman and his children.

  Alan Jackson

  Children, Work, Hero

  Song: Working Class Hero

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• Contrary to vulgar legend the lives of great ballerinas are not entirely given up to a few minutes of graceful movement every night followed by champagne drunk out of their toeshoes till dawn, in the company of financiers ... no, most of their time is spent in filthy rehearsal halls, inhaling dust, or else in class, daily, year in year out, practicing, practicing even after they are already prima ballerinas.

  Gore Vidal

  Night, Dust, Years

  Gore Vidal (2011). “Death in the Fifth Position”, p.77, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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• My dad's father was a White Star Line trumpet player in the '20s. It shaped the way that I think about music. My grandfather was classically trained, military trained. He was an orphan who ended up in the Military School of Music in Kneller Hall.

  Elvis Costello

  Stars, Dad, Father

  "Elvis Costello: The ESQ&A". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. December 17, 2013.

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• Smoking cigarettes and writing something nasty on the wall, teacher sends you to the Principal's office down the hall.

  Stevie Wonder

  Education, Teacher, Wall

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• Peter Hall was just organizing the Royal Shakespeare Company. It was going to be an ensemble, it was going to be in repertory, it was going to have a home in London as well as in the Midlands, and all of those things were happening at that time.

  Trevor Nunn

  Home, Ensemble, London

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• I went to the Hall of Fame with my dad. I can't say I really remember too much about it.

  Adam Oates

  Dad, Too Much, Remember

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• It was one of the most exciting, perfect evenings of my life, my solo debut at Carnegie Hall. And knowing we were all there to raise money for Gay Men's Health Crisis made the evening an extraordinary experience.

  Bernadette Peters

  Gay, Men, Knowing

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The King's son, who was told that a great princess, whom nobody knew, was come, ran out to receive her. He gave her his hand as she alighted from the coach, and led her into the hall where the company were assembled.

  Charles Perrault

  Kings, Princess, Son

  Charles Perrault (1942). “The Tales of Mother Goose as First Collected by Charles Perrault in 1696”, p.8, Library of Alexandria

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• Rent-a-tile' means when you go to a dance hall, some people take the middle of the dance floor and do their thing.

  Sean Paul

  Mean, People, Tiles

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I'm not a big fan of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It's just a personal thing, not an ego thing.

  Steve Perry

  Rocks, Rock And Roll, Ego

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• On the corner of 57th and 7th Avenue sits the most famous concert hall in the world. No less a figure than when Tchaikovsky led the first performances in 1891. Virtually every major artist has performed there. There is simply no place like it. The first time I stepped foot in Carnegie Hall was in 1964.

  Leonard Slatkin

  Artist, Tchaikovsky, Feet

  Leonard Slatkin (2017). “Leading Tones: Reflections on Music, Musicians, and the Music Industry”, p.199, Hal Leonard Corporation

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• I think sometimes Hall of Famers might get labeled as guys who aren't suited for a coaching job or to be back at the Major League level.

  Ryne Sandberg

  Jobs, Thinking, League

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• For three years, the 'Meistersinger' score was a ball and chain to me. It went with me to every city and concert hall.

  Bryn Terfel

  Years, Cities, Three

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• Last year in Germany at a town hall in Leipzig there was a game music concert played by the orchestra and some of the Final Fantasy scores were played. This year there is another concert scheduled in the same location, for game music.

  Nobuo Uematsu

  Years, Games, Germany

  IGN interview, www.ign.com. July 2004.

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• There is, as yet, no sense of pride in the husbandry of wild plants and animals, no sense of shame in the proprietorship of a sick landscape. We tilt windmills in behalf of conservation in convention halls and editorial offices, but on the back forty we disclaim even owning a lance.

  Aldo Leopold

  Pride, Animal, Land

  Aldo Leopold (1989). “A Sand County Almanac, and Sketches Here and There”, p.158, Oxford University Press, USA

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• In all the practice centers in the tradition of Plum Village whenever the phone rings or the clock chimes in the dining hall, people stop everything they are doing and breathe consciously, releasing all thinking and any tension.

  Nhat Hanh

  Motivational, Thinking, Phones

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• I listen to Neil Young and jazz and classical stations and, if my girlfriend's driving, it tends to be Hall & Oates.

  Black Francis

  Girlfriend, Jazz, Driving

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• He leaned down and whispered to me: No matter how thin you get, no matter how short you cut your hair, it's still going to be you underneath. And he let go of my arm and walked back down the hall.

  Marya Hornbacher

  Letting Go, Cutting, Hair

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• My town hall meetings are with friends and neighbors, fellow Americans. We engage.

  Sheila Jackson Lee

  Towns, Neighbor, Meetings

  "Let Me Apologize to You". "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren, www.foxnews.com. August 14, 2009.

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• Some people are drawn to meditation without knowing why. Their inner being realizes that they've totally fouled up their life so far, and now it's just going to drag them to the local meditation hall.

  Frederick Lenz

  Buddhism, Knowing, People

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• First off there is no question that LaDainian is a first-ballot Hall of Famer. His contributions off the field to the community of San Diego are as important as what he did on the field. What he did on the field was monumental.

  Dan Fouts

  Community, Important, San Diego

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• Entering into the spirit of this interior, you will discover the best possible atmosphere in which to show fine paintings or listen to music. It is this atmosphere that seems to me most lacking in our art galleries, museums, music halls and theaters.

  Frank Lloyd Wright

  Art, Museums, Atmosphere

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• My father was one of the greatest professional bowlers of all time. Seriously. Billy Hardwick: PBA Hall of Fame, Player of the Year in '63 and '69, and the first winner of the triple crown of bowling, among other things.

  Chris Hardwick

  Father, Player, Years

  "Technology's gutterball - new gear makes bowling too easy" by Chris Hardwick, www.wired.com. October 20, 2008.

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• Tonight's December thirty-first, something is about to burst. The clock is crouching, dark and small, like a time bomb in the hall. Hark, it's midnight, children dear. Duck! Here comes another year!

  Ogden Nash

  Children, Dark, Ducks

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• We make children and wealth and amass land and build halls and assemble armies and give great feasts, but only one thing survives us. Reputation.

  Bernard Cornwell

  Children, Army, Land

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