"Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end."

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

Igor Stravinsky

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“Bureaucrats behave very differently than a private-sector manager because their motivations are different. Permanent bureaucrats, no matter how senior, worry about their next job.”
“Sometimes people talk about music, whether blogs or magazines, in a strange way where it doesn't seem like they're actually listening to it.”
“It matters little who is the enemy, if we cannot beat off his attack.”
“Most of the southern hemisphere is unexplored. We had more exploration ships down there during Captain Cook's time than now. It's amazing.”
“A fluent trumpeter with a bright tone and a forward-looking style...”
“. . . Luddites were those frenzied traditionalists of the early 19th century who toured [England] wrecking new weaving machines on the theory that if they were destroyed . . . old jobs and old ways of life could be preserved . . . At certain times in his life each man is tempted to become a Luddite, for there is always something he would like to go back to. But to be against all change-against change in the abstract-is folly.”
“The common sense has kind of kept me completely out of trouble. This is a life where it could have went a different way. I feel like I'm definitely being watched and I'm so thankful for that to feel this protected and loved and embraced by God.”
“The first river you paddle runs through the rest of your life. It bubbles up in pools and eddies to remind you who you are.”

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