Frederic Chopin Quotes
Hats off, gentlemen - a genius! If the mighty autocrat of the north knew what a dangerous enemy threatened him in Chopin's works in the simple tunes of his mazurkas, he would forbid this music. Chopin's works are canons buried in flowers.
Quotes to Explore
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I think mobility is very important, not only to discover opportunities elsewhere but at times, also to appreciate better what your home town has. Allahabad, for instance, has the feel of a small, tightly-knit community where everyone participates.
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Music will always be my greatest passion.
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Strange, is it not, my brothers, how often in America those great watchwords of human energy - 'Be strong!' 'Know thyself!' 'Hitch your wagon to a star!' - how often these die away into dim whispers when we face these seething millions of black men? And yet do they not belong to them? Are they not their heritage as well as yours?
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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As a free-speech advocate, I believe that adults should have access to any material they want. As a parent, and a community member, I think people should be able to protect their homes from imagery - much of it violent - that is, I feel, a form of child abuse when adult society inflicts it upon children.
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You don't go out and play Beethoven's 'Opus 111' without having rethought about it every time you play.
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I tend to write short, brief snippets - I lean toward the chamber music end as opposed to the symphony end of things.
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If you are in a relationship, it has to be a good one. If it isn't, it's best to just leave it.
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We've never been anti-Semitic.
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As goes California, so goes the rest of the nation.
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The history of all previous societies has been the history of class struggles.
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I can't even imagine life without music!
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In 1990, when I had just arrived in New York City as a wet-behind-the-ears 20-something girl from Arizona, I spent a year or more working as the personal secretary and secret ghostwriter to an American-born countess in her apartment on the Upper East Side.
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All the awards in the world, you can get into all the nightclubs, they'll send you the nicest clothes. Nothing better than walking into your dad's restaurant and seeing a smile on his face and knowing that your mom and dad and your sister are real proud of you.
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I love the produce section at the grocery store.
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We journalists don't have to step on roaches. All we have to do is turn on the kitchen light and watch the critters scutter.
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Well, they just don't know anything else except that one form of their business, acting, and they don't really want to learn any other part of it, or they would. Directing and producing and putting a show together is very creative, for me.
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One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up.
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Don't predict disappointment while hope is an option
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I get a lot of calls from families and people who have served time and they say, 'Thank you, Sheriff. I hate the tents.' That's music to my ears.
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When you think of Napster, you think of music. But the first thing that struck me was that this was an important case not only for the music industry but for the whole Internet.
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Believe it can be done. When you believe something can be done, really believe, your mind will find the ways to do it. Believing a solution paves the way to solution.
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I guess every generation is doomed to fight its war...suffer the loss of the same old illusions, and learn the same old lessons on its own.
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Hats off, gentlemen - a genius! If the mighty autocrat of the north knew what a dangerous enemy threatened him in Chopin's works in the simple tunes of his mazurkas, he would forbid this music. Chopin's works are canons buried in flowers.
