"The past is not a package one can lay away."

-- Emily Dickinson

“Women are not as sentimental as men, and are not so easily touched with the unspoken poetry of nature, being less poetical, and having less imagination; they are more fitted for practical affairs, and would make fewer failures in business.”
“Heaven is His choice for you. But He won't force you to go there if you don't want to.”
“I don't really think about recognition; I'm not really involved.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“As a composer seeking to remain anonymous I am shy of confessing my musical activity. This is intelligible enough. For others it is their chief business, the occupation and aim of life. For me it is a relaxation, a pastime which distracts me from my principal business, my professorship. I love my profession and my science. I love the Academy and my pupils, male and female, because to direct the work of young people, one must be close to them.”
“Heterosexuality is the opiate of the masses”
“Definitely things changed from the books. Especially when youre adapting something.”
“To be a Jew means always being with the oppressed and never the oppressors.”
“Closeness means you get hurt; closeness means letting down your defences and letting people see the tender skin under the carapace.”

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