"Right at the end of the war I wrote a piano sonata, which was written at a time when Sam Barber used to come down here and we used to have lunch together in a very nice old hotel that's now not there."

-- Elliott Carter

#War Quotes #Nice Quotes #Lunch Quotes

“Get over the idea that only children should spend their time in study. Be a student so long as you still have something to learn, and this will mean all your life.”

Source : Henry Latham Doherty (1923). “Principles and ideas for Doherty men: papers, addresses and letters”
“Iâ€™m talking to you more than I speak with my mahmen.â€ â€œI thought your mother was dead.â€ â€œShe is.â€ â€œYou have a very low standard for communication.”
“I feel 21. I've looked after myself and take my football seriously.”
“Each Today is Yesterday's Tomorrow”
“I'm going to keep on keeping on as long as I've got my health and strength, and God gives me that will to do it.”

Source : "Soul Singer Sharon Jones: 'The Cancer Is Here, But I Want To Perform'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. September 5, 2016.
“It may look like I'm moving but I'm standing still.”
“Libertarianism is the simple morality we learned as children: Donâ€™t strike first, donâ€™t steal or cheat, keep your promises. If you inadvertently fail to live up to these standards, make it up to the person youâ€™ve harmed. If someone harms you, you may defend yourself as needed to stop the aggressor and obtain reparations. This simple morality works group-to-group just as it works one-to-one to bring about a peaceful and prosperous world.”
“There is but halting for the wearied foot; The better way is hidden. Faith hath failed; One stronger far than reason mastered her. It is not reason makes faith hard, but life.”

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