"But one day, when I was still young, I was parted from my family and left my native country. I hunted and searched for music, and destiny turned me into the object of my hunt. The circumstances of life became my 'antlers' and prevented me from returning home."

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Source : Georg Solti, Harvey Sachs (1997). “Solti on Solti: a memoir”, Vintage

Georg Solti

#Country Quotes #Home Quotes #Destiny Quotes

“People who care nothing about money probably exist or we wouldn't hear so much about them. But I've never encountered one in the flesh.”
“The function of genius is not to give new answers, but to pose new questions which time and mediocrity can resolve.”

Source : Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper (1966). “Historical essays”
“Hear no evil, speak no evil, and you won't be invited to cocktail parties.”
“If we look at music history closely, it is not difficult to isolate certain elements of great potency which were to nourish the art of music for decades, if not centuries.”
“With mind distracted, never thinking, "Death is coming," To slave away on the pointless business of mundane life, And then to come out empty--it is a tragic error. (116) trans by Robert Thurman”
“Picking five favorite books is like picking the five body parts you'd most like not to lose.”
“Expenditure--like ugliness and errors--becomes a totally new thing when we attach our own personality to it, and measure it by that wide difference which is manifest (in our own sensations) between ourselves and others.”
“Sinn Fein has demonstrated the ability to play a leadership role as part of a popular movement towards peace, equality and justice.”

Source : Gerry Adams speech in Belfast, news.bbc.co.uk. April 6, 2005.

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