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I listened to classical music. I listened to jazz. I listened to everything. And I started becoming interested in the sounds of jazz. And I went to a concert of Jazz at the Philharmonic when we lived in Omaha, Nebraska, and I saw Charlie Parker play and Billie Holiday sing and Lester Young play, and that did it. I said, 'That's what I want to do.'

~Charlie Haden

Topics: Becoming Billie Holiday Charlie Charlie Parker Classical Classical Music Concert Did Everything Holiday Interested Jazz Listened Lived Music Nebraska Parker Play Said Saw Sing Sounds Started Want Young

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The law of right-left symmetry was used in classical physics but was not of any great practical importance there. One reason for this derives from the fact that right-left symmetry is a discrete symmetry, unlike rotational symmetry, which is continuous.

~Chen-Ning Yang

Topics: Any Classical Continuous Derives Fact Great Importance Law Physics Practical Reason Symmetry Unlike Used Which

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I have a varied collection of music on my phone. I like a lot of the popular music that has a really energetic beat to it, as well as some classical things.

~Chesley Sullenberger

Topics: Beat Classical Collection Energetic Like Lot Music Phone Popular Popular Music Really Some Things Varied Well

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Jon Anderson and I, we really liked a lot of classical music, and we wanted to get some orchestral arrangements going on 'Time And A Word.'

~Chris Squire

Topics: Anderson Arrangements Classical Classical Music Get Going Jon Liked Lot Music Orchestral Really Some Time Wanted Word

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Born in England during the First World War, of Belgian parents with partly German roots, I grew up in the cosmopolitan city of Antwerp, where I had the benefit of a classical education taught in the two national languages of Belgium: French and Dutch.

~Christian De Duve

Topics: Belgium Benefit Born City Classical Cosmopolitan Dutch Education England First First World First World War French German Grew Had Languages National Parents Partly Roots Taught Two Up War Where World World War

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Originally I studied as a musician, a classical pianist. That was my career before I took up acting in my late 20s.

~Christian Mckay

Topics: Acting Before Career Classical Late Musician Originally Pianist Studied Took Up

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I was a musical theater major at the University of Arizona. And I primarily trained with Marsha Bagwell. It was a classical program, so we did Chekov and Moliere and a lot of Shakespeare.

~Christine Woods

Topics: Arizona Classical Did Lot Major Musical Musical Theater Primarily Program Shakespeare Theater Trained University

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This freedom of political discussion on the highest level is something which Western civilization has in common with that of classical antiquity, but with no other.

~Christopher Dawson

Topics: Antiquity Civilization Classical Common Discussion Freedom Highest Highest Level Level Other Political Something Western Western Civilization Which

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It couldn't have been more nerdy or bizarre, playing the clarinet. But I studied classical clarinet, went to the high school for music and art in New York City, and then found the guitar and the mandolin after it.

~Christopher Guest

Topics: After Art Been Bizarre City Clarinet Classical Found Guitar High High School More Music Nerdy New New York New York City Playing School Studied Then York

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I think a lot of directors over the years have cast me because they see something of another generation in me: you know, certain people look like they've come from the 19th century. Because I have classical background I suppose that is more suitable to patriarchal roles and easily infuses them.

~Christopher Plummer

Topics: Another Background Because Cast Century Certain Classical Come Directors Easily Generation Know Like Look Lot Me More Over Patriarchal People Roles See Something Suitable Suppose Them Think Years You I Think 19Th Century

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