Favorite Famous Quotes
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From: Clinton, Mass
"What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by myself. There are and will be a thousand princes; there is only one Beethoven."
"Then let us all do what is right, strive with all our might toward the unattainable, develop as fully as we can the gifts God has given us, and never stop learning"
"Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience."
"Only the pure in heart can make a good soup."
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-∞)
"The difference between Beethoven and Mahler is the difference between watching a great man walk down the street and watching a great actor act the part of a great man walking down the street."
-Aaron Copland
"I occasionally play works by contemporary composers and for two reasons.
First, to discourage the composer from writing any more, and secondly to remind myself how much I appreciate Beethoven."
-Jascha Heifetz
"Everything will pass, and the world will perish but the Ninth Symphony will remain."
-- Michael Bakunin
"It's sunny out. I'm going for a ride."
--Me
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"Then let us all do what is right, strive with all our might toward the unattainable, develop as fully as we can the gifts God has given us, and never stop learning"
"Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience."
"Only the pure in heart can make a good soup."
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-∞)
"The difference between Beethoven and Mahler is the difference between watching a great man walk down the street and watching a great actor act the part of a great man walking down the street."
-Aaron Copland
"I occasionally play works by contemporary composers and for two reasons.
First, to discourage the composer from writing any more, and secondly to remind myself how much I appreciate Beethoven."
-Jascha Heifetz
"Everything will pass, and the world will perish but the Ninth Symphony will remain."
-- Michael Bakunin
"It's sunny out. I'm going for a ride."
--Me
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"If I were capable of killing a man, I would kill Mussolini." - Arturo Toscanini
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"I am not wicked---fiery blood
is all my malice, and my crime is youth.
Wicked I am not, truly I am not wicked;
Though wild up-surgings often may plead against my heart.
My heart is good.
To help wherever one can,
Love liberty above all things,
Never deny the truth
Even at the foot of the throne!"
(Lines inscribed in a friend's album --- c. 1792-3)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - ∞)
is all my malice, and my crime is youth.
Wicked I am not, truly I am not wicked;
Though wild up-surgings often may plead against my heart.
My heart is good.
To help wherever one can,
Love liberty above all things,
Never deny the truth
Even at the foot of the throne!"
(Lines inscribed in a friend's album --- c. 1792-3)
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - ∞)
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"I have crossed the seas, I have left cities behind me, and I have followed the source of rivers towards their source or plunged into forests, always making for other cities. I have had women, I have fought with men ; and I could never turn back any more than a record can spin in reverse. And all that was leading me where ?
To this very moment..."
— Jean-Paul Sartre
To this very moment..."
— Jean-Paul Sartre
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OOORAH! Semper Fi!
"the only difference between a wise man and a fool is the magnitude of the mistakes they make....no one trusts the fool with important decisions"
-unknown
"we're surrounded; that greatly simplifies the situation"
-Gen. Lewis B. Puller, USMC
"don't try to impress people...just be impressive"
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