"During a rehearsal of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony the members of the orchestra were so overwhelmingly moved by the conducting of Arturo Toscanini that they rose as one man and applauded him. When the spontaneous cheering has subsided, Toscanini turned to his men, tears glistening in his eyes. "Please . . . please! Don't do this! You see, gentlemen, it isn't me you should applaud. It's Beethoven!""

-- James Keller

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“Tweeting is like sending out cool telegrams to your friends once a week.”
“There are strings in the human heart that had better not be vibrated.”
“A certain blue enters your soul. A certain red has an effect on your blood-pressure.”

Source : Henri Matisse, Jack D. Flam (1995). “Matisse on Art”, p.211, Univ of California Press
“There are cloudy moments when one asks himself if men do not deserve all the disasters into which they rush! No - I recover myself - they do not deserve them. But we, instead of saying â€œI wishâ€ must say â€œI will.â€ And what we will, we must will to build it, with order, with method, beginning at the beginning, when once we have been as far as that beginning. We must not only open our eyes, but our arms, our wings.”

Source : "Clarté (Light)". Book by Henri Barbusse translated by Fitzwater Wray (Chapter XXI: No!), 1919.
“it's good to know who hates you and it is good to be hated by the right people”
“Each man's soul is his genius.”
“So it would be a good thing for Chinese parents to instill enthusiasm among their kids for football. It's a great game, not only regarding the emotions behind it, but it's also a game for young people to gain experience of working in a bigger group and work to achieve goals.”

Source : Source: news.xinhuanet.com
“The manufactured consensus of the IPCC has had the unintended consequences of distorting the science, elevating the voices of scientists that dispute the consensus, and motivating actions by the consensus scientists and their supporters that have diminished the public's trust in the IPCC.”

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