"I don't feel that the conductor has real power. The orchestra has the power, and every member of it knows instantaneously if you're just beating time."

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"I don't feel that the conductor has real power. The orchestra has the power, and every member of it knows instantaneously if you're just beating time."

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"Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once."

Woody Allen, American Director

Time, Nature

"The future is what matters - because one never reaches it, but always stays in the present - like the White Queen who had to run like the wind to remain in the same spot."

Sylvia Plath, American Poet

Time, Future, Present, Philosophy

"Concepts, like individuals, have their histories and are just as incapable of withstanding the ravages of time as are individuals. But in and through all this they retain a kind of homesickness for the scenes of their childhood."

Soren Kierkegaard, Danish Philosopher

Time, Childhood, Homesickness

"Time takes it all whether you want it to or not, time takes it all. Time bares it away, and in the end there is only darkness. Sometimes we find others in that darkness, and sometimes we lose them there again."

Stephen King, American Author

Time, Regret, Today, Future

"Time is a created thing. To say, "I don't have time" is like saying "I don't want to."

Lao Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

Time, Choice, Priority, Life

"Time rises and rises, and when it reaches the level of your eyes you drown."

Margaret Atwood, Canadian Novelist

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"So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

J. R. R. Tolkien, English Novelist

Time, Decision, Live, Responsibility

"Then is then. Now is now. We must grow to learn the difference."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

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"Each day, in itself, brings with it an eternity."

Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Novelist

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"Time heals all wounds."

Stephen King, American Author

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"Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once."

"The future is what matters - because one never reaches it, but always stays in the present - like the White Queen who had to run like the wind to remain in the same spot."

"Concepts, like individuals, have their histories and are just as incapable of withstanding the ravages of time as are individuals. But in and through all this they retain a kind of homesickness for the scenes of their childhood."

"Time takes it all whether you want it to or not, time takes it all. Time bares it away, and in the end there is only darkness. Sometimes we find others in that darkness, and sometimes we lose them there again."

"Time is a created thing. To say, "I don't have time" is like saying "I don't want to."

"Time rises and rises, and when it reaches the level of your eyes you drown."

"So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us."

"Then is then. Now is now. We must grow to learn the difference."

"Each day, in itself, brings with it an eternity."

"Time heals all wounds."

Explore more quotes by Itzhak Perlman

"That makes classical music work, the ability to improvise."

"A sponge has that much absorbent capability and after a while you can pour water over it and nothing stays."

"In Paris they have special wheelchairs that go through every doorway. They don't change the doorways, they change the wheelchairs. To hell with the people! If someone weighs a couple more pounds, that's it!"

"You get more nervous in front of a lot of people. That's why, when you play a concerto, you play with a small orchestra, in some place where you don't feel that it is as important as Carnegie Hall."

"For people who are really talented, what you don't say becomes extremely important. You have to judge what to say and what to leave alone so you can let the talent develop."

"Any gifted child can potentially get in real trouble because of the way they are handled."

"I look at raising funds for The Perlman Music Program as a challenge and as a way to provide opportunities for people who care about the future of classical music."

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