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I would convert to Judaism if the operation didn't hurt so much.

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Operation, Judaism, Would, Convert

If North American musicians would only know how uncomfortable life is for European musicians.

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How, Would, North, North American

I just want to play for Hindus and Muslims that sit together. That's all I want to do.

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Play, Want, Muslims, Hindus

Open rehearsals reach people who might not otherwise hear the Philharmonic - people on fixed incomes, people who can't move easily at night, students.

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Move, Otherwise, Incomes, Rehearsals

Just imagine, the thousands and thousands of concerts that take place every single day, all over the world. And the positive effect that they would have on the people listening. Now imagine a world without this. This void... it is unthinkable.

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Listening, Over, Imagine, Unthinkable

In Bombay, we have a fine concert hall. I think it is high time we built venues in Delhi and Calcutta, not only for western music, but also Indian music. It doesn't matter which party is in power; don't you think the capital of India should have a concert hall?

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Concert, I Think, Capital, Delhi

After conducting Wagner, Beethoven's triple concerto is like taking an Alka Seltzer.

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Like, Triple, Wagner, Concerto

I'm hopeful that Israelis can go to Ramallah whenever they want and see how the people are living.

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See, How, Whenever, Israelis

I wish that only three residents of Tel Aviv could see what conditions on the West Bank are like. Living in such proximity, most Israelis have no idea about the adversity on the West Bank.

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Three, Idea, About, Israelis

I am always hearing from Israelis, 'Oh, CNN is anti-Israel,' or 'BBC is against us.' But no, they are reporting facts.

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Always, CNN, BBC, Israelis

Most Arab Israelis speak Hebrew, but not the other way around. It's about time that changed.

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Other, Most, About, Israelis

My father was a trained accountant, a BCom from Sydenham College and a self-taught violinist. In the 1920s, when he was in his teens, he heard a great violinist, Jascha Heifetz, and he was so inspired listening to him that he bought himself a violin, and with a little help from an Italian teacher, he learned to play it.

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College, Play, 1920s, Self-Taught

Wagner's philosophy had absolutely nothing to do with Bruckner. Bruckner hadn't written a single word against Jews. Wagner's book on the Jews was one of the most infamous books of the 19th century.

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Absolutely Nothing, Wagner, Single Word

I am jealous of all those people who live on the shore of Dal Lake.

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I Am, Jealous, Shore, Lake

My family and relatives alone could fill Shanmukhananda Hall in Bombay.

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Alone, Could, Bombay, Relatives

Israel gives the West Bank water twice a week! One way of promoting good would be not to ration water.

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Week, Promoting, West Bank, Twice A Week

I respect the Indian government for the fact that there are no settlements in Kashmir.

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Government, Settlements, Indian

Indian hotels are doing well globally because they understand hospitality.

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Doing, Hotels, Globally, Indian

I think conductors do spend too little time with their orchestras.

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Think, I Think, Too, Conductors

Go to the young conductors who are not making it, and you will hear how we shouldn't push ourselves or sell ourselves, how they don't have the right connections and the right opportunities. Well, you can be sure they've had the opportunities.

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Young, Making, Sure, Conductors

I miss the standard of the New York Philharmonic's playing very much. It has certainly been a high point in my life.

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My Life, New, Standard, High Point

It seems always to have been difficult to have been a New York Philharmonic conductor because of the nature of New York. We are in direct competition with the great orchestras in the world who come to play in our hall or in Carnegie, and we are constantly compared. I think that 's a good thing.

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Play, Been, I Think, Carnegie

All these people who scream about Kashmir being an armed camp are in fact responsible for keeping it that way.

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Fact, About, Keeping, Camp

I feel that the critic and music director should have such a good relationship they can pick up the phone and call each other any time.

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Director, Feel, Other, Music Director

The private sector is growing so incredibly in India, in every city you have industries for whom building a concert hall would be nothing financially. But they just don't do it.

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Private, Private Sector, Financially

I am often critical of Israel's policies when in the country, but then feel defensive of them when overseas.

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Country, Policies, Critical, Defensive

I sometimes feel it is to my disadvantage that I have not conducted the Cleveland Orchestra or the Boston or Chicago symphonies, but then I have had to sacrifice something in order to have enough time with my orchestras.

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Boston, Disadvantage, Cleveland

I'm a pucca Indian. Bombay is my home.

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Home, Bombay, Indian

I am an Indian, so I do yoga.

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I Am, Yoga, Am, Indian

I've known Pinchas Zukerman since he was a teenager.

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He, Known, Since, Teenager

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