"The piece that had a large influence on me was Turangalila."

-- Harrison Birtwistle

#Pieces Quotes #Influence Quotes

“A summons home to the nature that nourishes the best human qualities of creativity, intelligence, connection, and compassion.”
“I think that my emergence as a leader is closely related to the development of Taiwan's democracy. Taiwan's democracy was a gradual development. It was done from the bottom up. Therefore a lot of the more successful political leaders come from civil society, those that are closer to the grass-roots level of the public.”
“Through the centuries, men of law have been persistently concerned with the resolution of disputes in ways that enable society to achieve its goals with a minimum of force and maximum of reason.”
“The art of conversation is to be prompt without being stubborn, to refute without argument, and to clothe great matters in a motley garb.”
“In peace children inter their parents, war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.”
“You can't say civilization don't advance... in every war they kill you in a new way.”
“If you turn your life over to the Lord he can do so much more with it than we can.”
“My work is based on the assumption that clarity and consistency in our moral thinking is likely, in the long run, to lead us to hold better views on ethical issues.”

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