"There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't give a damn what goes on in between."

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Source : In Harold Atkins and Archie Newman Beecham Stories (1978) p. 27

Thomas Beecham

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“We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we made.”
“The best way to do comedy is to not filter yourself, and then you could always fix it later. You want to be able to push the envelope.”

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“Friends, genuine friends, are attracted by a warm heart, not money, not power. A genuine friend considers you as just another human being, as a brother or sister, and shows affection on that level, regardless of whether you are rich or poor, or in a high position; that is a genuine friend.”
“Governments everywhere, including here in the Unites States, have created ever-expanding bureaucracies that regulate nearly every aspect of our lives.”
“Kinsey would identify himself with Galileo in moments of feelings of persecution.”
“Growing up in Pakistan in the 1980s, I lived in the shadow of a tyrannical state.”
“One of the most important lessons the Lord has taught me is that you are not your gift. That is, you are not defined by what you do or create. Jesus is a wonderful example of this. He would not allow the crowd to define Him by His considerable gifts, even though they tried to do so. Jesus always points away from Himself and His gifts and thereby wins praise for the Father. We are not our gifts. We are called to give more. Like Jesus, we are called to give ourselves. That is the real purpose behind our gifts; they are vehicles for giving the self.”
“The books, the authors who matter the most are those who speak to me and speak for me all those things about life I most need to hear as the confession of myself”

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