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“The piano is a bit of a monster because it is this center of Western music and so much has been done with it and it is a fixed pitch instrument. It is a bit like trying to paint because there is the weight of all that has been done before.”
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“Lenity is a part of justice; but she must not speak too loud for fear of waking justice.”
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“You can create a good impression on yourself by being right . . . but for creating a good impression on others there's nothing to beat being totally and catastrophically wrong.”
Source : Michael Frayn (2015). “Sweet Dreams”, p.90, Faber & Faber
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“As a man, I've been representative of the values I hold dear. And the values I hold dear are carryovers from the lives of my parents.”
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“Can I tell you something? It wasn't so bad. Not so bad at all right then, me scowling at the dirt, James in his bed, the way it always always was. Look, if that's all that happened, if his dying just meant that I would be waiting for him to say something instead of listening to him say something, it would have been fine.”
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“Dreams can change histories and songs can alter destinies- two ideas that on good days I believe wholeheartedly and on bad days I denounce as a bunch of bull.”
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“Everything which the economist takes from you in the way of life and humanity, he restores to you in the form of money and wealth.”
Source : Lionel TRILLING (2009). “Sincerity and Authenticity”, p.60, Harvard University Press
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“As a species, we tend to be doers, forever shaping and reshaping the world to better suit our purposes.”
Source : "Will underachieving and being directionless alienate me from people?" by Mariella Frostrup, www.theguardian.com. November 24, 2012. 
