Walter Grossman was a very handsome and interesting man, and in those years a vital and strong influence in my life. He gave me much love and affection, and shortly after my first months of cello lessons, he was very encouraging. I remember him telling my father that some day my name would be up in lights.
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He was actually taking notes at his father's deathbed. HUGH LEONARD I've always enjoyed a woman's company more than men's. They're usually better lookin... HUGH LEONARD The FBI has always supported big business and big government. LEONARD PELTIER I'd rather be a big fish in a specialized pond than a little, little fish in a more generalized ... LEONARD LAUDER I also do my own processing, so it means a big commitment in lab time. LEONARD NIMOY This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly t... LEONARD BERNSTEIN The most important single thing about string theory is that it's a highly mathematical theory, a... LEONARD SUSSKIND I only wish I could have played in the big leagues when I was young enough to show what I could do. ... BUCK LEONARD A man who is intimate with God is not intimidated by man. LEONARD RAVENHILL I think that Bob Dylan knows this more than all of us: you don't write the songs anyhow. So if y... LEONARD COHEN I speak of a clinical depression that is the background of your entire life, a background of anguish... LEONARD COHEN I read with some amusement my reputation as a ladies' man. My friends are amused by that, too, b... LEONARD COHEN I happen to like Precisionism. It talks to me because I collect Cubism. LEONARD LAUDER For the good of our environment, the good of the economy, and the good of the Nation, I strongly urg... LEONARD BOSWELL I think I definitely have to improve my 3-point shot and my defense. There's probably a lot of thing... BRITTANY LEONARD My dad is probably the biggest reason why I'm going there. He got to coach Tiffany and my brother (T... BRITTANY LEONARD I wanted to go to a junior college for two years so that I'd have a better chance to go to a bigger ... BRITTANY LEONARD The third quarter is our quarter. Our main focus is to come out strong. BRITTANY LEONARD I know everybody is yelling and wanting me to miss, but I always try to go up to the line confident ... BRITTANY LEONARD Baseball happens to be a game of cumulative tension but football, basketball and hockey are played w... JOHN LEONARD In the olden days, everybody sang. You were expected to sing as well as talk. It was a mark of the c... LEONARD BERNSTEIN The March on Washington was a culmination of years of hard work and dedication of many individuals. LEONARD BOSWELL My life is every moment of my life. It is not a culmination of the past. HUGH LEONARD ... i didn't fall in love of course it's never up to you but she was walking back and fort... LEONARD COHEN There's tightness in supplies in certain areas and people are definitely chasing the marketplace aga... BRIAN LEONARD We believe that the integrated solution from Sun and Websense Web Security Ecosystem offers a compre... BRIAN LEONARD It was excellent. After our loss last week, that's probably the most students I've ever seen in a ga... BRIAN LEONARD My brother tore his ACL in high school and Rutgers stuck with him, ... That tell s you something abo... BRIAN LEONARD People are anticipating building will be more robust than usual. Inventories are usually reduced at ... BRIAN LEONARD I can't believe we missed out on this my first three years, I want to do this again. BRIAN LEONARD My body feels good, ... My body heals pretty quick so I'll be back and pretty healthy by the time Sy... BRIAN LEONARD It was very difficult, ... People were expecting me to play. It was a game day decision and everyone... BRIAN LEONARD They were, ... Most of them were Syracuse fans and now everyone just kind of turned over to Rutgers ... BRIAN LEONARD