"The fact that Stravinsky used the classics as a major influence is obvious. What is interesting is how he used them, how he turned Bach into Stravinsky."

-- Lukas Foss

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“That's kind of the mystique If you [post your outfit] on Instagram all of the time, I'm going to see a bunch of people walking around looking like Shump.”
“We'll therefore relish with content, Whate'er kind providence has sent, Nor aim beyond our pow'r; For, if our stock be very small, 'Tis prudent to enjoy it all, Nor lose the present hour.”

Source : Nathaniel Cotton, “The Fire-Side”
“I've always enjoyed a woman's company more than men's. They're usually better looking.”
“I think [rock'n'roll] essence is what made it good and has a lot in common with what originally made monotheism good - it's against everything that is fixed, all the social structures that you can't go past.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I've always loved independent women, outspoken women, eccentric women, funny women, flawed women. When someone says about a woman, 'I'm sorry, that's just wrong,' I tend to think she must be doing something right.”
“And I know Iâ€™ve lost. Everything is lost. Everything is over. â€œAs the newly appointed President of this fair planet of ours,â€ the Mayor says, holding out his hands as if to show me the world for the first time,â€ let me be the very first to welcome you to its new capital city.â€ â€œTodd?â€ Viola whispers, her eyes closed. I hold her tightly to me. â€œIâ€™m sorry,â€ I whisper to her. â€œIâ€™m so sorry.â€ Weâ€™ve run right into a trap. Weâ€™ve run right off the end of the world. â€œWelcome,â€ says the Mayor,â€ to the New Prentisstown.”
“All I try to do is as earnestly and as acutely as I can, conceive a character and try to portray this character just honestly. If the humor is within the absurdity and the awfulness of situations, then let it be seen that way.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“God's creatures who cried themselves to sleep stirred to cry again.”

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