"I can almost always write music; at any hour of the twenty-four, if I put pencil to paper, music comes."

-- John Philip Sousa

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“In the theater lying is looked upon as an occupational disease.”
“I am a passionate believer that comedy is a way of tackling some of the most dark and difficult aspects of being a human being.”
“Truth is one forever absolute, but opinion is truth filtered through the moods, the blood, the disposition of the spectator.”

Source : Wendell Phillips (1859). “Fraternity Lecture of Wendell Phillips, Esq: Boston, Oct. 4, 1859. Also, Letter of Mr. Phillips to Judge Shaw and Prest. Walker”, p.6
“Really you just gotta keep chugging along and keep a positive attitude and get through all the problems. You gotta face them, otherwise you don't get through.”
“England is a country of pianos, they are everywhere.”
“Economists are always recommending the elimination of this or that market imperfection ... no astrophysicist recommends the elimination of planets that he does not like.”

Source : Lester C. Thurow (1984). “Dangerous currents: the state of economics”, Vintage
“The average 20-year-old serving us in Iraq knows more about their country's national security than the average 20-year political veteran serving in the Congress today.”
“I never could understand the popular belief that because a man makes a lot of money he has a lot of brains. Some very rich men who made their fortunes have been among the stupidest men I have ever met.”

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