"Once embarked on a course of sensationalism, the composer is forced into a descending spiral spin from which only the most experienced pilot can flatten out in time."

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Source : "Music, Ho!". Book by Constant Lambert, "Music and the Naughty 'Nineties", Hogarth Press edition, p. 64, 1985.

Constant Lambert

#Pilots Quotes #Spirals Quotes #Descending Quotes

“Wilf: God bless the cactuses! The Doctor: That's cactI. Alien: And that's racist!”
“Life's too short to drink crappy coffee and cry over boys who don't care.”
“Film editing is now something almost everyone can do at a simple level and enjoy it, but to take it to a higher level requires the same dedication and persistence that any art form does.”

Source : Interview with Michael Wohl, www.peachpit.com. November 1, 2001.
“In 1973 we moved to the British Isle of Man, and I put my first band together for one year, named Melody Fair.”
“Many other women have kicked higher, balanced longer, or turned faster. These are poor substitutes for passion.”
“I believe that the biggest mistake that most people make when it comes to their retirement is they do not plan for it. They take the same route as Alice in the story from "Alice in Wonderland," in which the cat tells Alice that surely she will get somewhere as long as she walks long enough. It may not be exactly where you wanted to get to, but you certainly get somewhere.”
“Saving civilization is not a spectator sport.”

Source : Lester R. Brown (2008). “Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization (Substantially Revised)”, p.13, W. W. Norton & Company
“If soot stains your tunic, dye it black. This is vengeance.”

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