Modest Mussorgsky (Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky) Quotes
In poetry there are two giants, rough Homer and fine Shakespere. In music likewise we have two giants, Beethoven, the thinker, and the superthinker Berlioz.
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I consider myself more of a cultural Jew; I'm not religious in any way.
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I know one husband and wife who, whatever the official reasons given to the court for the break up of their marriage, were really divorced because the husband believed that nobody ought to read while he was talking and the wife that nobody ought to talk while she was reading.
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I think if anybody had the opportunity to stay in one place and play ball, they would.
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The dangerous thing about platform introductions is that they tend to create unrealistic expectations.
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There's no reason to stereotype yourself. Doing math is like going to the gym - it's a workout for your brain and it makes you smarter.
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The Truth is the Truth.
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Only love is real...everything else is illusion
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One of the things that I try to be conscious about in crafting a song is the concept of bringing it home. I like to bring it somewhere familiar, someplace that people feel it's resolved, it's settled.
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The female form is much more erotic than the male, who doesn't think that?
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The fact is I am quite happy in a movie, even a bad movie. Other people, so I have read, treasure memorable moments in their lives.
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One must have some sort of occupation nowadays. If I hadn't my debts I shouldn't have anything to think about.
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Like strange mechanical grotesques, Making fantastic arabesques, The shadows raced across the blind.
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Stay quiet and the noisy surface dialogues will cease.
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The plainer the dress, the greater luster does beauty appear.
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It's not like I let people do things for me, so I guess you can call me a control freak, or you can call me passionate.
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Hence no force, however great, can stretch a cord, however fine, into a horizontal line which is accurately straight: there will always be a bending downwards.
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I would have given him a lesser fine if it were not for that, but I stopped short of banning him for the last test. I have respect for the England captain and I expected the same from him
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Though Confucius served the Duke of Lu, a Chinese state, he made many enemies with the nobles of the land. His views antagonized the powerful nobles, who wanted the Duke to be a puppet in their hands. Confucius was exiled from the State of Lu for more than two decades. He lived in the countryside, spreading his teachings.
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There are 12 million illegal immigrants in this country - drawing welfare benefits, sending their children to public schools, and pushing down wages for American workers - but the problem extends well beyond amnesty and open borders.
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In poetry there are two giants, rough Homer and fine Shakespere. In music likewise we have two giants, Beethoven, the thinker, and the superthinker Berlioz.
