"A lifetime isn't long enough for the beauty of this world and the responsibilities of your life."

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Mary Oliver

#Responsibility Quotes #Long Quotes #World Quotes

“Before I got to Juilliard I remember that I had learned the first few bars to all the Sachse etudes in several different keys because I knew what was coming. So in the first year he was throwing these Sachse etudes at me and I would knock off the first eight bars and fly right through it. He would say, 'Alright, that's good enough.' But, in my third year, he said 'Get out the Sachse book.' I couldn't understand why. So I pull it out and he said, 'Here, start in the middle.' I was in trouble! He said, 'Hey Balm, I took you for a guy who knows how to transpose-you're nothing but a bugler!'”
“I've had very close relationships with some twentieth-century writers.”
“A mother has far greater influence on her children than anyone else, and she must realize that every word she speaks, every act, every response, her attitude, even her appearance and manner of dress affect the lives of her children and the whole family.”
“Good leadership consists of showing average people how to do the work of superior people.”
“Popularity is the pocket change of history. The true measure is courage. There will never be another Charlton Heston.”
“You can do better than this.â€Â The best slogan I can think of to leave with the kids of the U.S.A. would be â€œWe can . . . and weâ€™ve got to . . . do better than this.”
“I think it's absolutely fascinating that in Berlin the parliament can discuss actively the role of their soldiers in Afghanistan because is it still possible, literally, for a German soldier to take up arms.”
“Every day in life is beautiful...every day!”

Source : "The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life". Documentary, www.imdb.com. 2013.

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