"If one were asked to name one musician who came closest to composing without human flaw, I suppose general consensus would choose Johann Sebastian Bach..."

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Source : Aaron Copland (1959). “The pleasures of music”

Aaron Copland

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“Success is not handed to you. You must work hard for it and you must never dishonor what youâ€™ve achieved.”
“I wanted the world to know that my country Ethiopia has always won with determination and heroism.”

Source : "50 stunning Olympic moments: Abebe Bikila's 1960 marathon victory - in pictures" by Steven Bloor, www.theguardian.com. April 25, 2012.
“I have always found that the man whose second thoughts are good is worth watching.”
“The sign of a great Master is his ability to win a won game quickly and painlessly”

Source : Irving Chernev (1973). “The chess companion: a merry collection of tales of chess and its players, together with a cornucopia of games, problems, epigrams & advice, topped off with the greatest game of chess ever played”, Simon & Schuster
“God uses us in spite of who we are, not because of it.”
“I came from a communist country where there are no luxury cars.”
“The place I write best is at the Angell Hall computer center on the University of Michigan campus, where I went to school. I still go over there and rock it through the night.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I am an expression of the divine, just like a peach is, just like a fish is. I have a right to be this way...I can't apologize for that, nor can I change it, nor do I want to... We will never have to be other than who we are in order to be successful...We realize that we are as ourselves unlimited and our experiences valid. It is for the rest of the world to recognize this, if they choose.”

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