"Elgar's first symphony is the musical equivalent of St Pancras Railway Station."

-- Thomas Beecham

#Music Quotes #Symphony Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“I was in a Nativity play as a kid. Back then, I played the donkey.”
“I know I'm talented, but I wasn't put here to sing. I was put here to be a wife and a mom and look after my family. I love what I do, but it's not where it begins and ends.”
“I just think that the reality of life is impermanence. That's the foundation of understanding what Yoga is, and we're here for however long we're here, and then it's over. And I've known this since I was a kid.”
“Those times, I tried to think of something happy, something I'd liked - but not something I loved, for that made it worse.”

Source : Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer (2011). “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel”, p.149, Dial Press
“If God always met our expectations, He'd never be able to exceed them.”
“I can't remember a single time [my parents] ever told me not to do something I wanted to do.”
“We are quite ignorant of the condition of energy in bodies generally. We know how much gas goes in, and how much comes out, and know whether at entrance and exit it is in the form of heat or of work. That is all.”
“When your work speaks for itself, don't interrupt.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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