"As a young composer I had a particular fondness for Liszt's Beethoven Symphony arrangements for the piano, and to this day I enjoy playing non-piano music at the piano."

-- Michael Hersch

#Symphony Quotes #Piano Quotes #Young Quotes

“Chevy Chase and Bill Murray - we thought those guys were funny. We love Bill Murray, but we didn't think they were right for Airplane! because it would step on the joke if there was a known comedian.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“We have enough trouble with women without giving them M16 rifles.”
“Lust is the difference between loving someone and being in love with someone.”
“You know, this is why I just don't answer the door (unless I know who's arriving). I don't want to fend off pint-sized salesfolk or tie-with-short-sleeved-shirt-wearing adults. But if you are going to answer the door in your own house, what's wrong with being armed? What makes people feel entitled to a kid-friendly greeting when they disturb random strangers in their homes?”
“Listen to a man's words and look at the pupil of his eye. How can a man conceal his character?”
“I accept the people's will. As a revolutionary, I have no right to disregard the will of the people.”

Source : "Haiti: An insider's history of the rise and fall of the Duvaliers". Book by Elizabeth Abbott (p. 103), 1988.
“They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum.”

Source : Quoted in Leslie Halliwell, The Filmgoer's Book of Quotes (1973)
“I see little hope for a nation that values the health of its livestock more than that of its people....Farmers are not criticized for routinely giving their (live)stock nutritional supplements....superior to any sold for humans...Millions of families could plant home gardens if they truly wanted health. Refined food are practically unknown in Russia. The life expectancy of the 40-year-old American is near the lowest in the world.”

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