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David Sarnoff: Let us not...

David Sarnoff: Let us not...

Let us not paralyze our capacity for good by brooding over man's capacity for evil.

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Alan Jay Lerner: You write a...

Alan Jay Lerner: You write a...

You write a hit the same way you write a flop.

Source: Attributed.
-- Alan Jay...

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James Matthew Barrie: As soon as...

James Matthew Barrie: As soon as...

As soon as you can say what you think, and not what some other person has thought for you, you are on the way to being...

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Katharine Graham: If we had...

Katharine Graham: If we had...

If we had failed to pursue the facts as far as they led, we would have denied the public any knowledge of an...

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At least I...

At least I...

At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings.

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You may have...

You may have...

You may have the universe if I may have Italy.

Source: Attila.
-- Giuseppe...

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Composing is like...

Composing is like...

Composing is like driving down a foggy road toward a house. Slowly you see more details of the house the color of the...

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[Music has]...

[Music has]...

[Music has] the beauty of disappointment & never-satisfied love. The cruel beauty of nature, & everlasting beauty of...

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Inspiration is an...

Inspiration is an...

Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic...

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The violinist must...

The violinist must...

The violinist must possess the poet's gift of piercing the protective hide which grows on propagandists, stockbrokers...

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As death, when...

As death, when...

As death, when we come to consider it closely, is the true goal of our existence . . .

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I've never known...

I've never known...

I've never known a musician who regretted being one. Whatever deceptions life may have in store for you, music itself...

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There are two...

There are two...

There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what...

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A great work...

A great work...

A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.

Source: In...

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Go within every...

Go within every...

Go within every day and find the inner strength so that the world will not blow your candle...

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We weren't pushing...

We weren't pushing...

We weren't pushing Black is beautiful. We just showed it.

Source: In American...

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If you don't...

If you don't...

If you don't have a dream, how are you going to make a dream come true?

Source: In ...

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The hills are...

The hills are...

The hills are alive with the sound of music
With the songs they have sung
For a thousand...

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The higher the...

The higher the...

The higher the voice the smaller the intellect.

Source: Attributed.; In Webster's...

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Beethoven, Wagner, Bach...

Beethoven, Wagner, Bach...

Beethoven, Wagner, Bach and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand with as much regularity as an...

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