"A great piece of music is beautiful regardless of how it is performed. Any prelude or fugue of Bach can be played at any tempo, with or without rhythmic nuances, and it will still be great music. That's how music should be written, so that no-one, no matter how philistine, can ruin it."

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Source : Letter to Isaac Glikman, (August 28, 1955) in "Composers on Music" edited by Josiah Fisk and Jeff Nichols, (p. 364), 1997.

Dmitri Shostakovich

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“The vast results obtained by Science are won by no mystical faculties, by no mental processes other than those which are practicedby every one of us, in the humblest and meanest affairs of life. A detective policeman discovers a burglar from the marks made by his shoe, by a mental process identical with that by which Cuvier restored the extinct animals of Montmartre from fragments of their bones.”
“I think most politicians could take a dodgeball in the face.”

Source : "Dodgeball - Vince Vaughn Q&A". Interview with Jack Foley, www.indielondon.co.uk.
“My point is that the alienation of theory and practice, intellectual and manual labor, is a real issue, but it's the outcome of social domination; it's sort of a mistake to blame it on the subjects of that domination.”
“Think for a minute about what makes you fabulous and how you can celebrate it.”

Source : Laura Mercier (2010). “The New Beauty Secrets: Your Ultimate Guide to a Flawless Face”, p.20, Simon and Schuster
“Those of us who understand human history know the role taxation has played in shaping the destiny of mankind. The matter of taxes - more specifically, the right to tax - is clearly no stranger to controversy and has frequently served as the catalyst for revolutionary change.”
“It was great working with Kevin Smith - just a dream.”

Source : Interview with Kyle Ryan, www.avclub.com. February 25, 2010.
“Everyday brought me further away from other people, I had been placed out of the world's sight, as if in a cupboard, and I hoped it would stay that way. I developed a yearning for being alone, unkempt, untended.”
“I'm 40 years old. What I have seen my whole life is widening income inequality.”

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