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My father taught me that one of the most important abilities in life is to be able to take the pain and persevere, and for years this lesson had served me well.
Yanni
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Yanni
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
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Giannis Chrysomallis
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I don't want problems solved for me. I want the fishing rod, not the fish.
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I believe we're responsible for everything that happens to us.
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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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I truly believe greatness is in all of us. Don’t let anyone talk us out of our truth.
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We need to learn to get along with each other and learn how to help one another.
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That adage about genius being 5 percent inspiration and 95 perspiration - it's true.
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Creativity is an inherent human quality of the highest order. When we create, we become more than the sum of our parts.
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The live concerts are everything and I’m very grateful that most of my career, I’m a live artist, I’ve been doing this. So I’ve traveled quite a lot, played in - I never stopped playing.
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