Top 202 Quotes & Sayings by Latvian Authors - Page 4

Someone was always trying to put down my individuality and personality, making me sing Mozart arias that were nothing to do with me.

Men have to descend from their pedestal and learn how to be more broadminded and spiritual.

Maybe in Latvian one day I'll rap a little bit, but definitely not in English.

I simply love Wagner's music. That actually started very early. He was the first composer I was exposed very much to because my parents introduced me to Wagner's music very early.

It's not a good feeling when you get booed. But I don't want to be good because somebody booed me. I want to be great player because that's the way I am.

I love Barcelona. Barcelona is a very, very nice city.

I think that, as a person, Beethoven talks to everyone in different ways.

I learned English from watching American movies and American series. And you'd watch the movie the first time and not understand anything. Then you'd watch it again, and you'd start understanding more and more, and that's how I learned English.

I go through every single emotion. My artistic life will likely be shorter than it could be because everything is for real for me. This is my life and my soul.

As for my relationship to Beethoven, I admire people who can say what they really think. It's as though he's saying, 'That's how I feel about the world, and I don't care what people may say.' His music is pure and honest. Beethoven never pretends to be anybody else.

It's so important which musicians we choose for being in the orchestra.

We can understand each other with music without words - and that's so important in these times when walls are built. In music, there are no walls.

Wagner always opens you a second breath, and then you go on, and you are absolutely into his musical world, and you can't stop, and you can listen for four hours, five hours, six hours, and then you are like in his mystical hands of his music. He's such a great poet of music.

In places like South Afghanistan, where cultural norms prevent men from entering homes, female vaccinators often make the difference between a closed or opened door.

Freedom is living without chains.

I love playing ping pong.

You really have to stay true to yourself, as cheesy as that sounds. And you cannot take no for an answer, and you have to dream big. I think that's the greatest thing my family ever taught me: if you're going to dream, you have to dream so big.

I always try to stay aggressive. I always use my strengths and always work on my weaknesses to get better. That's just who I am.

I have 'Friday.' I have 'Dinner For Schmucks.' And I have 'John Wick.' There are others too I can't think of now, but those are my go-to movies.

I know if I play hard and show that I want to be a Knick, I know the fans will accept me.

We women must listen to our inner voice. It is easier for women to do this as they are not afraid to say what they feel.

We must keep both our femininity and our strength.