Bullying isn't about size, it's about intimidation.
Running through things because you are familiar with them, breeds routine and this is the seed of boredom.
I do not consider my self as having mastered the flute, but I get a real kick out of trying.
I have to report to those of you who think diamonds make a difference that I cannot tell what it is. Seriously, as you all know, they make no difference at all. They just make the flute look a little more special.
I think it is most important for a teacher to play the pieces and studies that are being played by the student.
Taking drugs to overcome nerves is the thin edge of the wedge going in there.
Never just run through a study because you happen to be familiar with it, but use it to see what you can get from it on this new day which has been granted you.
Everyone is born with a certain potential. You may never achieve your full potential, but how close you come depends on how much you want to pay the price.
To-day there is hardly a woman of intelligence in all America. . . who is not definitely and actively concerned in some social interest, who does not recognize some duty besides those incident to her own blood relationship.
The fifth freedom, the Freedom of Individual Enterprise, is the keystone of the arch on which the other Four Freedoms rest. This is what freedom means.
Endure and persist; this pain will turn to good by and by.