Walter Slezak

Person · Open Library

Born

1902

Died

1983

Works

10

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Gender

Male

Origin

Austria

Active from

1902-05-03

Active to

1983-04-21

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

52

Total plays

245

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. The Iron Cage Revisited: Institutional Isomorphism and Collective Rationality in Organizational Fields

   · 1983 · cited 31,511x

2. Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome

   · 2001 · cited 18,617x

3. A global reference for human genetic variation

   · 2015 · cited 17,787x

4. Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

   · 2020 · cited 15,964x

5. The diagnosis of dementia due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease

   · 2011 · cited 13,458x

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Quotes

• “You have to work five or six years in the theatre—in hit shows—to make people sick and tired of you, but this you can accomplish in only a few weeks on television. It's a remarkable medium.”
• “Spending money you don't have for things you don't need to impress people you don't like.”
• “Walter Slezak says he's tired of arguing with his kids about borrowing the car. "The next time I want it," he says, "I'm just going to take it."”
• “Biographies usually begin with the smack on the bottom and the first lusty cry of the subject. I deplore this literary custom, because it is impossible to remember anything about one's birth firsthand. It is bound to be hearsay, and embellished, gilded hearsay at that.”
• “I never lie unless it is absolutely necessary. Or convenient.”
• “Papa told her about a Lohengrin performance. It was just before his first entrance. He was ready to step into the boat, which, drawn by a swan, was to take him on-stage. Somehow the stagehand on the other side got his signals mixed, started pulling, and the swan left without Papa. He quietly turned around and said: "What time's the next swan?" That story has since become a classic in operatic lore.”

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