George Frideric Handel quotes
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“Whether I was in my body or out of my body as I wrote it I know not. God knows.”
-- George Frideric HandelSource : Of the'Hallelujah Chorus' in his Messiah. Quoted in Romain Rolland Essays on Music (1948).
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“I thought I saw the face of God.”
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“I should be sorry if I only entertained them. I wish to make them better.”
-- George Frideric HandelSource : George Frideric Handel (1854). “Messiah; a Sacred Oratorio ... Arranged for the Organ Or Pianoforte, with Vocal Score, by G. J. Elvey”, p.9
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“Every Englishman believes that Handel now occupies an important position in heaven. If so, le bon Dieu must feel toward him very much as Louis Treize felt toward Richelieu.”
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“What a wonderful thing it is to be sure of one's faith! How wonderful to be a member of the evangelical church, which preaches the free grace of God through Christ as the hope of sinners! If we were to rely on our works-my God, what would become of us?”
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“I did think I did see all heaven before me, and the great God himself.”
-- George Frideric HandelSource : "Anecdotes, Biographical Sketches and Memoirs, Volume 1". Book by Laetitia Matilda Hawkins, 1822; later quoted in Horatio Townsend "An Account of the Visit of Handel to Dublin" (p. 93), 1852.
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“Learn all there is to learn, and then choose your own path.”
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“I shudder to think of that God would do something like that through me.”
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“It pleased the Almighty, to whose great will Holy Will I submit myself with Christian submission.”
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“The challenge to be the best is what drives me and to just improve my body every day.”
Source : "Q&A: Packers' Aaron Rodgers talks yoga, social media, Super Bowls". Interview with Mike Vandermause, www.usatoday.com. June 12, 2014.
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“I'm pretty unusual for an actress in Hollywood because I am totally unselfconscious about my body.”
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“Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It's much sexier than any body part.”
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“Maybe poetry's not so important, but ... it makes life worth living.”
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