Igor Stravinsky Quotes
The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never had any reason for starting, any more than it has any reason for ending.

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For me to be here tonight, everything had to be perfect. I had to get drafted by Utah, had to play with a point guard like John Stockton, and had to be coached by Jerry Sloan and Frank Layden.
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There's nothing unnatural in creation.
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I never thought I wouldn't succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I would make it.
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I love to beatbox and have been doing it before I even knew what it was.
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There is one spectacle grander than the sea, that is the sky; there is one spectacle grander than the sky, that is the interior of the soul.
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In Australia, they really want to turn me into a religion. A religion! Can you imagine? The Church of Edna? Oh. I don't want to be over-revered.
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I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.
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Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered weak and weary.
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To understand something, whether we are aware of it or not, depends on choosing a model. We get to understand what we see by comparing it with something else, something that we think we understand better. But what we compare it with turns out to have a huge influence on the outcome.
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Unfortunately, we have seen terrorist groups use social media to spread hateful propaganda, to recruit members, and to incite violence with alarming effectiveness.
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The sound of the blades on the ice in the morning is like smelling fresh coffee.
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But I still think it's mind over matter in the sense that if you're strong, you can combat anything.
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I don't want to be a director, or to have responsibility for hundreds of people.
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I was quite good at football once, although other than that my speciality would be maths. I'm great at sudokus and find all the spin-off games pretty easy too.
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Golf without bunkers and hazards would be tame and monotonous. So would life.
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I never really did any disco dancing.
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Over the past months and years, divisions have opened up in Malaysian society. Now it is time for all of us, in government and beyond, to put the bitterness behind us.
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We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.
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The Dalmatian breed of dog has many primitive characteristics.
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Even though I have Twitter, I only use it to say, 'Oh, this is coming out.' I would never voice anything about me, really.
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I am from the country, and I grew up mostly influenced by country music.
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I'm not a fanatic about exercising. For me, it's about moderation and balance.
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I am proof that one person can rise above any challenge, and if I can, then so will others if they are given the chance.
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The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never had any reason for starting, any more than it has any reason for ending.