"Once, in London, the BBC asked me what was my favorite English book. I said Alice in Wonderland"

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Gyorgy Ligeti

#Book Quotes #Wonderland Quotes #London Quotes

“The young artist of today need no longer say 'I am a painter,' or 'a poet,' or 'a dancer.' He is simply an 'artist.' All of life will be open to him.”
“By and large, people are sort of technologically averse in the political space.”
“You have five minutes to call someone, anyone, I don't care who, and order me the finest blend of coffee that rat hole town has, and a dozen beers. If it's not sitting on this table..." a slender finger pointed furiously at the table in question,"... in one hour, you die" - Faith telling Jacob”
“Sometimes you need to lie make the world go around”
“How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries. Besides the fanatical frenzy which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is a fateful fatalistic apathy.”
“Robert Burns enriched Scottish song with his genius and is mainly responsible for the rich treasure house of song that we enjoy today. He collected folk songs, retained the melodic line, kept what words were usable and rewrote the rest. He didn't claim ownership.”
“You know it's always amazed me - I think the most startling thing that's happened in the last couple of decades is that there is no sort of objective reporting anymore.”
“Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem.”

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