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When my enemies...

When my enemies...

When my enemies stop hissing, I shall know I'm slipping.

Source: In Maria Callas,...

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In order to...

In order to...

In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought...

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If we were...

If we were...

If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. Therefore, respect every musician...

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My present post...

My present post...

My present post amounts to about 700 thaler, and when there are rather more funerals than usual, the fees rise in...

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Music should strike...

Music should strike...

Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears form the eyes of woman.

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What is genius...

What is genius...

What is genius -- but the power of expressing a new individuality?

Source: Letter,...

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And indeed there...

And indeed there...

And indeed there will be time
To wonder, Do I dare? and, Do I dare?
Time to turn back and descend the...

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We do not...

We do not...

We do not quite say that the new is more valuable because it fits in; but its fitting in is a test of its value -- a...

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The best way...

The best way...

The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.

Source: In Pearls of...

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When we risk...

When we risk...

When we risk no contradiction,
It prompts the tongue to deal in fiction.


Source:...

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No man, however...

No man, however...

No man, however great, is known to everybody and no man, however solitary, is known to...

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Art is an...

Art is an...

Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers. . . . What we call art is a...

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Stolen sweets are...

Stolen sweets are...

Stolen sweets are best.

Source: The Rival Fools, I.
-- Colley Cibber, (Nov 6...

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O, my luve's...

O, my luve's...

O, my luve's like a red red rose
That's newly sprung in June:
O my luve's like the melodie
That's sweetly...

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What happens to...

What happens to...

What happens to the hole when the cheese is gone?

Source: Mother Courage, VI.
--...

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Men occasionally stumble...

Men occasionally stumble...

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had...

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Everybody should have...

Everybody should have...

Everybody should have an equal chance - but they shouldn't have a flying start.

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Look wise, say...

Look wise, say...

Look wise, say nothing, and grunt. Speech was given to conceal thoughts.

Source: In...

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[My mother] speaks...

[My mother] speaks...

[My mother] speaks of my step being a source of life-long pain to her, that it is a living death, etc. By the same...

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Every artist writes...

Every artist writes...

Every artist writes his own autobiography.

Source: The New Spirit, Tolstoi,...

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