Peter Warlock famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I grew up in musical theatre and love to perform on stage.
We thought of life by analogy with a journey, a pilgrimage, which had a serious purpose at the end, and the thing was to get to that end, success or whatever it is, maybe heaven after youâ€™re dead. But we missed the point the whole way along. It was a musical thing and you were supposed to sing or to dance while the music was being played.
Every musical movement that is big enough has to produce some good musicians who wouldn't have had the incentive to start playing without it.
One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the students ask questions.
I'm not saying that they were Einsteins; they were marginal students. But every ballplayer whoever touched me has moved up his station in life. And the players moved up my station.
As a student of life I just want to be constantly progressing mentally, physically, and spiritually.
What we tell students in formal schooling: â€œSit down, stay quiet, and absorb. Do this for 12 to 16 years and all will be well.
John Dewey reminded us that the value of what students do 'resides in its connection with a stimulation of greater thoughtfulness, not in the greater strain it imposes.
A phenomenon noticeable throughout history regardless of place or period is the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests.
When you work with somebody for a long period of time, you develop a shorthand with everything.

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