"Mozart's mental grip never loosens; he never abandons himself to any one sense; even at his most ecstatic moments his mind is vigorous, alert, and on the wing. He dives unerringly on to his finest ideas like a bird of prey, and once an idea is seized he soars off again with an undiminished power."

-- Walter J. Turner

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“I try to grow like a tree, and hope that I can reach my full potential by the end of this short life. Change is good but growth is better.”
“Politicians learned hundreds of years ago that people who had little material wealth were incredibly jealous of those who had more than they did. This deep-seated envy was ripe for exploitation - and the exploitation has been running rampant for generations.”
“The work of art is born of the intelligence's refusal to reason the concrete. It marks the triumph of the carnal.”
“When I first heard bands like Tortoise, it seemed to come off the back of that world, like let's make a record with three vibraphones and release it on a seven-inch with black-and-white artwork.”

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“I can't write if someone else is in the house, not even the cleaning woman.”
“Since opposed principles, or ideologies, are irreconcilable, wars fought over principle will be wars of mutual annihilation. But wars fought for simple greed will be far less destructive, because the aggressor will be careful not to destroy what he is fighting to capture. Reasonable - that is, human - men will always be capable of compromise, but men who have dehumanized themselves by becoming the blind worshipers of an idea or an ideal are fanatics whose devotion to abstractions makes them the enemies of life.”
“I never quit. I just got fired.”
“I don't want anybody to panic. I'm not pitching. I'm just throwing out the first ball.”

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