Yanni Quotes

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It seems that in every culture, however tough life is and however impossible the conditions, there are some resilient human beings who find their way through, who survive and make something of themselves.

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My father once said, 'If the whole world wants to go left and you feel like going right, go right. You don't have to follow. You don't have to make a big deal about which way you're going. Just go. It's very easy.

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The less you want, the richer you are. The more you need in order to be happy, the more miserable you'll be.

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Maybe we didn't have many possessions, but we never went hungry, were cold, or lacked love.

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Whether a person is spiritual or not, we all seek to get away from the stress, anger, and anxiety of everyday life. Some people drink, do drugs, or do worse to escape, and they hurt themselves in the process. Some people listen to music, mine included, and feel better.

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I don't want problems solved for me. I want the fishing rod, not the fish.

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All you need is passion. If you have a passion for something, you'll create the talent.

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The greatest things in life - truth, creativity, imagination, love, kindness, compassion -are already inside us, and they're all free.

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That adage about genius being 5 percent inspiration and 95 perspiration - it's true.

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I don't dwell in the past; I don't wallow in old events and emotions. I don't waste time on regret. No use going over and over the details of what already happened.

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If my music can change someone's mood for the better even a little bit, that's amazing.

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Sometimes the knowledge you've been given in school or by an elder - "this is just the way it is" - keeps you from accomplishing because it traps you in a box in your mind and limits your freedom to deliver.

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I think we have much more to say about what happens to us than most people believe.

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My new question was, What do you do when your dreams come true? My answer was: Find new ones.

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I'd decided to take the risk, and either I'd succeed or else.

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You do good work for a long-enough time, I believed, and you'd get noticed.

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I believed that anything was possible, or at least because I didn't put together everyone else's "facts" and believe that winning was impossible.

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Focused will is incredible. If you have a dream and you don't give up no matter what obstacles come up, then life's problems will fall away and you will get what you want. It happens. It works.

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I realize it's possible in ways both large or small to make a difference in someone's life.

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Sometimes we get caught up in our troubles and our problems and we let life slip away, but life is precious, all of life, and one must try to take in as much of it as possible.

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The more doubt you have, the less likely it is that the creation will come to life.

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Being happy with less is what makes a great human being, not a big house with marble floors, or everyone knowing who you are.

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I was tough on myself because I feared being a lazy procrastinator and the inevitable result: being mediocre or second best. I always went the extra mile.

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You need a mind open to possibility, conditioned to love the creative spirit we all have inside ourselves.

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Of all the forces that are exerted on us over our lifetime, at least for me, love has been the most powerful of all.

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These changes are part of what keeps me interested and excited. Life won't let me keep coming at it from the same angle.

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It's a cliché - but true - that life is not a dress rehearsal. You get to do it once, so do it well.

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Taking responsibility gives me a sense of control.

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Nobody could believe in me the way I believed in myself.

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On the plane home I remember thinking that I am who I am because I have faith in myself, and it has always been the possibility of emotionally rewarding the experiences that has encouraged me to gamble on myself; those experiences have made all that I do worthwhile.

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