"Mozart eliminates the idea of haste from life. His airs could not lag as they make their journey through the listener's attention; they are not the right shape for loitering. But it is as true that they never rush, they are never headlong or helter-skelter, they splash no mud, they raise no dust."

-- Rebecca West

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“As a writer I have always fought for the right to write. For writing is a time-honored means of communication. Lack of communication, the refusal of some to understand, or outright refusal to learn about other human beings is based on fear. Fear is what keeps people apart.”
“Someone who can search for something is happy. Searching gives a meaning to life. Nowadays itâ€™s not so easy to find something you might be looking for. The most important thing, however, is the search itself, the way you take. Itâ€™s not so important where it leads. thatâ€™s why my characters are always looking for something, maybe only a cat, a sheep or a wife, but that is at least the beginning of a story.”
“The devil smiles when we are up to our ears in work, but he trembles when we pray.”
“The novel, in its best form, I regard as one of the most powerful engines of civilization ever invented.”

Source : John Herschel (2014). “Essays from the Edinburgh and Quarterly Reviews”, p.15, Cambridge University Press
“I am the scroll of the poet behind which samurai swords are being sharpened.”
“Win or lose, we go shopping after the election.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I was in the band as a boy and was taught music and learned to compose.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“I do still have some of the experience from playing, but it's been so long since I've been out in those quarters, semis, finals, the important final matches, just against the top players.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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