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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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Yanni
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 14
Composer
Pianist
Giannis Chrysomallis
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A little bit of fear means you are doing something worth doing--you are stretching...You are going outside your immediate grasp.
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You have to give up some of the old so that you can make room for the new.
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A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy.
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I’ve always lived in the moment.
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Ever since I left Greece more than two decades ago, it has been my dream to return and perform at the Acropolis. This project took more than a year and a half to plan and accomplish, and I would like to thank my band and crew and the scores of people involved in helping my dream become a reality.
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Not being able to read and write music is not the same as being illiterate in speech and writing.
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I believe we're responsible for everything that happens to us.
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I just would use any instrument known to man in any combination as long as it describes an emotion.
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I'd decided to take the risk, and either I'd succeed or else.
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My mother loved everyone she came in contact with. She always shared her love and was able to heal those around her with it.
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