Jessye Norman
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Problems arise in that one has to find a balance between what people need from you and what you ne... JESSYE NORMAN One has to draw upon one's own musical thoughts and one's own musical acumen, and not to be ... JESSYE NORMAN I want to keep learning, keep exploring, keep doing more. JESSYE NORMAN I feel comfortable singing in the great cathedrals of the world because I spent so much time as a ch... JESSYE NORMAN It is still more likely that a woman's power would be seen as aggression, and a man's power ... JESSYE NORMAN I read everything. I'll read a John Grisham novel, I'll sit and read a whole book of poems b... JESSYE NORMAN We singers have a different level of responsibility from other musicians. We have words that we must... JESSYE NORMAN I enjoy reading about the lives of musicians, and find many similarities in their ideas of preparati... JESSYE NORMAN I knew that I was loved. And that's such an important thing. And, of course, at such an early ag... JESSYE NORMAN I sing in Hungarian. I read Hungarian. I do not pretend to speak Hungarian, but I sing in languages ... JESSYE NORMAN 'Swan,' by Mary Oliver. Poems and prose. Reading from this book is as if visiting a very wis... JESSYE NORMAN I have enjoyed most particularly reading the correspondence between Gustav Mahler and Richard Straus... JESSYE NORMAN I am the proud and humble recipient of more than 30 honorary doctorate degrees. JESSYE NORMAN I think that it is expansive for the mind, for the fantasy of children and grownups alike, to unders... JESSYE NORMAN I have a particular affliction. I am unable to say a word I can't spell. JESSYE NORMAN I am grateful that my horizons were not narrowed at the outset. JESSYE NORMAN If you send up a weather vane or put your thumb up in the air every time you want to do something di... JESSYE NORMAN The very best thing that could happen to a voice, if it shows any promise at all, is when it is very... JESSYE NORMAN Problems arise in that one has to find a balance between what people need from you and what you need... JESSYE NORMAN One of the reasons that I take such joy in being a trustee of the New York Public Library is the lov... JESSYE NORMAN One needs more than ambition and talent to make a success of anything, really. There must be love an... JESSYE NORMAN I love singing jazz. I don't like the idea that classical music should be over here and jazz sho... JESSYE NORMAN If you send up a weather vane or put your thumb up in the air every time you want to do something di... JESSYE NORMAN WHEN YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHO YOU ARE, YOU NEVER HAVE TO HIDE. NORMAN I've always said it's interesting to watch devils cry when angels want to stab you in the ba... NORMAN REEDUS NORMAN COUSINS NORMAN COUSINS NORMAN COUSINS NORMAN COUSINS NORMAN COUSINS NORMAN COUSINS NORMAN COUSINS NORMAN COUSINS My views line up with Mick Mulvaney's views pretty much exactly. RALPH NORMAN My one issue in this country is to get on a firm financial footing. There's not much you can do ... RALPH NORMAN Everybody's had their differences with President Trump. He's a polarizing president, but I t... RALPH NORMAN I firmly believe that with President Trump in the White House, we have such a great opportunity as c... RALPH NORMAN What Washington desperately needs now are citizen legislators that are dedicated to leading a free p... RALPH NORMAN Our message of a balanced budget amendment, term limits to end career politicians, and a real plan t... RALPH NORMAN My candidacy is one that fits the district and fits the Mick Mulvaney-Jim DeMint philosophy. RALPH NORMAN I am a businessman. RALPH NORMAN I got into politics because businessmen should be spending your money. RALPH NORMAN Business creates jobs; government does not. Government creates a whole slew of jobs each time a new ... RALPH NORMAN I believe in the free enterprise system. RALPH NORMAN John Spratt did a great job of constituent service. When somebody had a problem, he would jump on it... RALPH NORMAN I don't think I can sell to our voters in our district that there's nothing to cut in the fe... RALPH NORMAN If you liked Mick Mulvaney's votes, you'll like my votes. RALPH NORMAN If someone wants to say 'I love you' in a straight play, they say it, and then it's the ... MARSHA NORMAN NORMAN THOMAS NORMAN THOMAS NORMAN THOMAS NORMAN THOMAS NORMAN THOMAS NORMAN COUSINS NORMAN COUSINS NORMAN FOSTER NORMAN THOMAS NORMAN MACLEAN NORMAN DOUGLAS NORMAN DOUGLAS NORMAN DOUGLAS NORMAN DOUGLAS NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF Only in a concert situation do I have access to people directly to preach to them, and I don't b... LARRY NORMAN I want to encourage other people to try to discover who they are, not to try to fit into some superf... LARRY NORMAN Art is more engaging that propaganda. LARRY NORMAN I know I stand visibly onstage, but my function is still unseen, because I rarely see the immediate ... LARRY NORMAN Jesus got me through the slums without getting murdered. I just walked with him as though he were re... LARRY NORMAN Gospel songs to me are about the mansion in the sky, and washed in the blood of Christ's crimson... LARRY NORMAN Life is God's art. LARRY NORMAN I feel that Christian music is a subculture directed towards the Christians. It's not really bei... LARRY NORMAN I'm only here on Earth to serve God. I never had a career. I don't care about commercialism.... LARRY NORMAN We need worship for our spirit, fellowship for our soul and committed subservience for our body. LARRY NORMAN I thought 'The Well' was going to launch my career, but nothing happened. MAIDIE NORMAN When I was young, I was rather attractive, and I thought that I would be a leading lady. I always th... MAIDIE NORMAN I am a Republican because the United States is a republic, and the views we hold represent the found... MAIDIE NORMAN NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF The Depression was remarkable because you had nothing, and the salaries, when you got a job, were ve... NORMAN LLOYD All my boyhood, all I ever wanted was to be loved. NORMAN WISDOM With most British actors, it's amazing. I think they start with the character on the outside and... NORMAN JEWISON GREG NORMAN NORMAN PARKINSON Modern Orthodoxy has a highly positive attitude toward the State of Israel. Our Ultra-Orthodox breth... NORMAN LAMM NORMAN COUSINS NORMAN COUSINS NORMAN COUSINS NORMAN DAVIES I went camping one time when I was twelve, to the Great Lakes. My friend stepped in really deep mudd... 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