Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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I play an instrument that has four strings, and I'm still trying to get it right. What I've tried to do in the process of playing these four strings is to try and understand the people I meet, the stories they have to tell. And then become an advocate for them and their stories through music.

Yo-Yo Ma's Popular Quotes

When your heart and your mind are engaged, you cannot go wrong.

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Music enhances the education of our children by helping them to make connections and broadening the depth with which they think and feel. If we are t…

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Each day I move toward that which I do not understand. The result is a continuous accidental learning which constantly shapes my life.

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The worst thing you can do is say to yourself, "I want to be just like somebody else." You have to absorb knowledge from someone else, but ultimately…

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As you begin to realize that every different type of music, everybody's individual music, has its own rhythm, life, language and heritage, you realiz…

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Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you're passionate about something, then you're more willing to take risks.

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Our cultural strength has always been derived from our diversity of understanding and experience.

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When we enlarge our view of the world, we deepen our understanding of our own lives.

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I think one of the great things about being a musician is that you never stop learning.

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