"The composer Stravinsky had written a new piece with a difficult violin passage. After it had been in rehearsal for several weeks, the solo violinist came to Stravinsky and said he was sorry, he had tried his best, the passage was too difficult, no violinist could play it. Stravinsky said, 'I understand that. What I am after is the sound of someone trying to play it.'"

-- Thomas Powers

#Sorry Quotes #Play Quotes #Trying Quotes

“There was one very special scene at the end of the film. My character, Zhao Di, has been sick. She wakes up and her mother tells her that the man she loves has come back from the city and had spent the day by her bedside.”
“There are people who are like monkeys in a cage just hitting the coke button. They don't really get that for [musicians and artists] to do these things, they have to fund them. They have to have something to pay the rent.”
“The ability to dream is all I have to give. That is my responsibility; that is my burden. And even I grow tired.”
“It's freezing up here. What did you use to keep warm?" "Indignation," said Michelangelo. "Best fuel I know. Never burns out.”

Source : Irving Stone (1981). “Irving Stone, three complete novels”, Random House Value Publishing
“If Iâ€™m not showing grace . . . have I forgotten the grace Iâ€™ve been shown?”
“The only clear view is from atop the mountain of your dead selves.”
“There are, however, many challenges to Asian universities. First, academic freedom, in all senses, is much more critical to the success of a university than how much money is spent on infrastructure or on hiring big names. Faculty need to have the space to pursue the research that they are passionate about and the also need to have the freedom to express their opinions in the university, and in the society as a whole.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
“The way the Americans behaved created among the South Vietnamese a lot of habits, a lot of bad habits I would say.”

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