Alexander Borodin famous quotes

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  • When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of the listener who intends to retain his amateur status. It is the thought of just such a listener that excites the composer in me.

  • I am the first instrument. I am the voice. I do not imitate other instruments. Other instruments imitate me.

  • Little by little does the trick.

  • You need not wrestle for your good. Your good flows to you most easily when you are relaxed, open, and trusting.

  • You see, for me [art]'s not one of life's ornaments, rococo relaxation to be greeted affably after a day of hard work; I'm inverted on this : for me it's my very breath, the one thing necessary, and all else is excretion and a latrine.

  • Elizabeth lay face-down on the massage table, and allowed Marco to relieve the stress of the business day with firm and knowing fingers. Success, she decided, was often a matter of knowing when to relax.

  • When faced with structural injustice, especially in the form of oppressive military occupations, I have a tendency get a little worked up. So I was interested in learning more about the complicated conflict and decided I would lend some of my time and energy to do so.

  • Research is not a systematic occupation but an intuitive artistic vocation.

  • Reading is the occupation of the insomniac par excellence.

  • You cannot like the word, but what is happening is an occupation -- to hold 3.5 million Palestinians under occupation. I believe that is a terrible thing for Israel and for the Palestinians.