"I have enjoyed most particularly reading the correspondence between Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss. The genuine friendship, competitiveness and support that thread through their communications are life lessons for us all."

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Source : "Jessye Norman: By the Book". www.nytimes.com. June 05, 2014.

Jessye Norman

#Life Lesson Quotes #Communication Quotes #Reading Quotes

“What has spread all over the world is not yoga. It is not even non-yoga; it is un-yoga.”
“I am totally superficial, I know. But I believe superficiality can be very serious, a defense against the gravity of things, a manner of discretion.”
“Don't be into trends. Don't make fashion own you, but you decide what you are”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Insight enables you to know your own heart. Clarity enables you to accept without illusion.”
“There is no substitute under the heavens for productive labor. It is the process by which dreams become realities. It is the process by which idle visions become dynamic achievements.”
“I don't like running when I'm holding things in my hand, whether it's a dog leash or a baby jogger. My mechanics get all messed up.”
“As soon as an American man loves a girl he wants to marry her. This is not only a blunder but it is rather absurd. It is so typical of American men, always wanting to do the noble thing.”
“Jude has a very different character. It is not the cradle of Christianity, or of the assembly on earth: it is its decay and its death here below. It does not keep its first estate.”

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