"When my opera Plump Jack was performed in 1989, my first piano teacher sent me something that I'd composed when I was four. I remember I played it, and it still sounded like me. I'm the same composer I was then."

-- Gordon Getty

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“The third day comes a frost, a killing frost.”
“There's no such thing as a tough child - if you parboil them first for seven hours, they always come out tender.”
“Pooh hater,' I muttered under my breath. 'Winnie-the-Pooh was not a koala--why am I even arguing about this with you?”

Source : Rob Thurman (2011). “Blackout: A Cal Leandros Novel”, p.100, Penguin
“I'm just another Opry entertainer. I'm not the start of the Opry, and I'm not the ending. I'm not the Alpha, and I'm not the Omega. It's been a pleasure taking part in the Opry and country music these many years. I'm part of a big operation.”
“Presently, the Commission for Commemorating 350 Years of American Jewish History has been brought about to encourage and sponsor a variety of historical activities that advance our understanding of the American Jewish experience as it marks this milestone anniversary.”
“God can do nothing for me until I recognize the limits of what is humanly possible, allowing Him to do the impossible.”
“It ain't gun control we need; it's sin control.”

Source : "Redneck, Inc: The Duck Dynasty Story". Interview with Erik Hedegaard, www.mensjournal.com. October 5, 2013.
“Hearts, you say? You Humans are always so quick to speak of such things. As though you carry your hearts in the very palms of your hands. But this eye of mine perceives all. There is nothing that it overlooks. If this eye cannot see a thing, then it does not exist. That is the assumption under which I have always fought. What is this "heart"? If I tear open that chest of yours, will I see it there? If I smash open that skull of yours, will I see it there?”

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