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“If one were asked to name one musician who came closest to composing without human flaw, I suppose general consensus would choose Johann Sebastian Bach...”
Source : Aaron Copland (1959). “The pleasures of music”
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“I have a history of saving animals. I started years ago with a cow.”
Source : FaceBook post by Peter Max from Feb 27, 2011
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“As a general proposition, campaigns do not linger on the vice presidential nominee. When they have, it's always meant very bad news for the ticket. Think of Spiro Agnew's foot-in-mouth disease; Tom Eagleton's medical history; the real estate holdings of Geraldine Ferraro's husband; the unbearable lightness of Dan Quayle; Sarah Palin's reading list.”
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“When people ask me now if I miss coaching UCLA basketball games, the national championships, the attention, the trophies, and everything that goes with them, I tell them this: I miss the practices.”
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“Vision is a lot more than putting a plaque on the wall. A real vision is lived, not framed.”
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“Never eat a heavily sugared doughnut before you go on TV.”
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“For Beatrice - you will always be in my mind, in my heart and in your grave.”
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“I decided in my life that I would do nothing that did not reflect positively on my father's life.”
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“There are real indignities and real problems when all facets of life are controlled –when to get up, to eat, to shower-and chemicals are put inside our bodies against our will.”
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“Just the sound of his voice twists my stomach into a knot of unpleasant emotions like guilt, sadness and fear. And longing. I might as well admit there’s some of that too.”