Cliburn Competition Quotes & Sayings

After all, if you run far enough, no one can catch you. — V.E Schwab

There will be sadness," Alia intoned. "I remind you that all things are but beginning, forever beginning. Worlds wait to be conquered. Some within the sound of my voice will attain exalted destinies. You will sneer at the past, forgetting what I tell you now: within all differences there is unity. — Frank Herbert

The very mystery of him excited her curiosity like a door that had neither lock nor key. — Margaret Mitchell

I'm sure that I'm a winner person. I'm sure that I win more than lose. — Cristiano Ronaldo

facing the glass enclosure. — Eric Praschan

We are such wonderful idiots, Peter thinks. — David Levithan

Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare. — Patrick Lencioni

A real miracle's a reminder and a warning that the line that separates the possible from the impossible isn't as firm as we like to think it is. — Dirk Wittenborn

Everything I chose, I had already played in concert. For the competition, I wanted to pick pieces I know that people like. — Van Cliburn

Actually, I'm not all that interested in the subject of photography. Once the picture is in the box, I'm not all that interested in what happens next. Hunters, after all, aren't cooks. — Henri Cartier-Bresson

I have 20 wigs at home that I play with. — Rita Ora

And I don't want to die anymore. I am up to the challenge of bearing the guilt and the grief, up to facing the difficulties that life has put in my path. Some days are harder than others, but I am ready to live each one of them. I can't sacrifice myself, this time. — Veronica Roth

Race is used, by all of us, in the most manipulative ways, is often force-fit and reduced to something it isn't, to something that gives us a sense of comfort, a false one. Many of us thought - needed to feel - the whole business was 'settled.' But it's not, never has been. Laws have only taken us so far. — Jonathan Coleman

When I started in television, it was brand new. It was the miracle over in the corner of your room. Now the audience has seen every story line. People have heard every joke. They can predict the plot almost before a show starts. That's a hard, sophisticated audience to reach. — Betty White