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James Matthew Barrie: What is algebra...

James Matthew Barrie: What is algebra...

What is algebra exactly; is it those three-cornered things?

Source: Quality Street,...

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So long as...

So long as...

So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give...

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I thank my...

I thank my...

I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity. . . of learning that death is the key which unlocks the...

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I'm not interested...

I'm not interested...

I'm not interested in having an orchestra sound like itself. I want it to sound like the...

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You must renounce...

You must renounce...

You must renounce all superficiality, all convention, all vanity and delusion . . .

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There's nothing remarkable...

There's nothing remarkable...

There's nothing remarkable about it. All one has to do is hit the right keys at the right time and the instrument...

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Beware of losing...

Beware of losing...

Beware of losing what isn't in your head.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Music first and...

Music first and...

Music first and last should sound well, should allure and enchant the ear. Never mind the inner...

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I have recently...

I have recently...

I have recently been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it.

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Brass bands are...

Brass bands are...

Brass bands are all very well in their place - outdoors and several miles away.

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The essential [conditions]...

The essential [conditions]...

The essential [conditions] of everything you do . . . must be choice, love, passion.

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I feel I'm...

I feel I'm...

I feel I'm as qualified for office as any of the other comedians who are running.

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I had learned...

I had learned...

I had learned to have a perfect nausea for the theatre: the continual repetition of the same words and the same...

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I wasn't concerned...

I wasn't concerned...

I wasn't concerned about the hardships, because I always felt I was doing what I had to do, what I wanted to do and...

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The first rule...

The first rule...

The first rule in opera is the first rule in life: see to everything yourself.

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I must absorb...

I must absorb...

I must absorb everything while I'm still singing and step onto the stages of my many homes, and look out at the...

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John Ciardi: What has any...

John Ciardi: What has any...

What has any poet to trust more than the feel of the thing? Theory concerns him only until he picks up his pen, and it...

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Tom Stoppard: Every exit is...

Tom Stoppard: Every exit is...

Every exit is an entry somewhere else.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Tennessee Williams: When I stop...

Tennessee Williams: When I stop...

When I stop [working] the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm...

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Zora Neale Hurston: I want a...

Zora Neale Hurston: I want a...

I want a busy life, a just mind and a timely death.

Source: Dust Tracks on a Road,...

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