"I'm particularly keen on promoting this [Nikolai] Medtner piece, Night Wind, because I feel it is a fantastic work that hasn't been given its due yet. Admittedly, it's difficult for both the performer and the listener. The work is quite dense, comparatively long, as these things go, and demands rather active listening. But it's gripping, and I believe it should be heard much more than it has been."

-- Marc-Andre Hamelin

#Believe Quotes #Night Quotes #Wind Quotes

“Let us not speak of tolerance. This negative word implies grudging concessions by smug consciences. Rather, let us speak of mutual understanding and mutual respect.”
“Most of Roosevelt's innovations have been the law of the land for 70 years now, and yet we are still a free society free enough, that is, to allow tens of thousands of protesters to gather on the National Mall and to broadcast their slogans and speeches to the world via C-SPAN.”
“Most people would far rather be seen through than not be seen at all.”

Source : Ada Leverson (2012). “Tenterhooks”, p.219, tredition
“Enlightenment means rising above thought, not falling back to a level below thought, the level of an animal or a plant. In the enlightened state, you still use your thinking mind when needed, but in a much more focused and effective way than before.”
“No one ever expects poetry to sell.”
“I think people can stand to take themselves just a little less seriously. I'm fighting the war against pretension.”
“We cried and sobbed and wept and bled tears. But when we were finished, all we could do was continue living.”

Source : Nnedi Okorafor (2011). “Who Fears Death”, p.32, Penguin
“Novelty, the most potent of all attractions, is also the most perishable.”

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