"The major difference between the 'best' and the 'average' is that the 'best' get as much pleasure from practice as performance."

-- Benjamin Zander

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“He liked to play chess and do intelligent things, and I was a serious drinker and nonthinker.”
“There are times when the end justifies the means. But when you build an argument based on a whole series of such times, you may find that you've constructed an entire philosophy of evil." --Luke Skywalker”
“I would argue that religion comes from a desire to get to the questions of, 'Where do we come from?' and 'How shall we live?' And I would say I don't need religion to answer those questions.”
“In the immortal words of Roberto Duran, we are saying, 'No mas!' We will educate students and then promote them, not the reverse”
“I loved writing 'Two Brothers' more than anything else I have written. It's the first book I've written that I've always known I wanted to write. Having said that, it also kept me awake at nights.”
“As happens sometimes, a moment settled and hovered and remained for much more than a moment. And sound stopped and movement stopped for much, much more than a moment.”
“People need to be more aware of how they're affecting people.”

Source : "Adam 'MCA' Yauch of the Beastie Boys dies at 47" by Michael Pearson, www.cnn.com. May 4, 2012.
“There are things I want to do to be a better human being and a better father.”

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