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Violinist123 · Joined: 10 Aug 2005 Posts: 113

A young violinist goes to see Itzhak Perlman. He plays his violin for Perlman and asks if he has the talent to be a great violinist. Perlman tells him to give up the violin.

Years later, the young man, now an accountant, runs into Perlman again and asks, "How did you know I didn't have the talent?"

Perlman says, "That's what I tell everyone. If you'd truly wanted to play the violin, you wouldn't have listened to me."
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Henry · Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 8:03 pm Post subject:

That's similar to what the Oracle told Neo in The Matrix. But destiny happened...
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Trebexein · Joined: 07 Aug 2005 Posts: 365

Violinist123, is that David Oistrakh in your avator?

Heather Stewart · Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Posts: 622 Location: Canada

To do with Itzhak Perlman: My teacher was bugging me about the positioning of my arm and saying in, out, in, out..........while I was playing. Then he told me about how his old teacher had come early for a lesson with a really famous teacher and could here his teacher yelling for 15 minutes in, out, in, out......... really loudly he felt bad for the poor person and hoped that he wasn't next. A few minutes later out walks Itzhak Perlman!

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Trebexein · Joined: 07 Aug 2005 Posts: 365

well, it looked like oistrakh

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paganini1782 · Joined: 23 Feb 2006 Posts: 152

that joke isn't true is it?

Danielle · Joined: 01 Apr 2005 Posts: 793 Location: Toledo, Ohio

that joke is kind of true, if the person really loved it, it wouldn't matter what someone said, even perlman
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legolas · Joined: 29 Aug 2005 Posts: 1041 Location: USA

Yeah, that has a really true life lesson...
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Abricola · Joined: 12 Dec 2005 Posts: 135 Location: Canada

I suppose it could be said that it depends on personality too. If someone said I couldn't do something, or that I should give something up, I would DEFINITELY do it more and work my arse off to prove them wrong. Yes, I've been told I have a "contrary personality". My eldest daughter, on the other hand, would give up immediately.... Crying or Very sad