"Therefore we well observe that the title of perfect cadence is attached only to a dominant that progresses to the main tone, because this dominant, which is naturally contained within the harmony of the main tone, seems, when it progresses to it, to return as if to its source."

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Source : "Nouveau système de musique théorique" by Jean-Philippe Rameau, Paris, (p. 59), 1726.

Jean-Philippe Rameau

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“I got involved because I wanted to help inspire more people to get off their butts and register and vote - not just in this election, but in every other election from now on, you know?”
“Magnificently unprepared for the long littleness of life.”

Source : 'Youth' (1910) (on Rupert Brooke)
“The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own even more, one's own, for that has been put in our care and we are responsible for its well-being.”
“One of the reasons I love the online world is that although that exists in abundance you can choose absolutely which part of the online world you want to live in. You can make your own kingdom in that sense.”
“The best memorizers in the world - who almost all hail from Europe - can memorize a pack of cards in less than a minute. A few have begun to approach the 30-second mark, considered the 'four-minute mile of memory.'”
“Math is like going to the gym for your brain. It sharpens your mind.”

Source : "'Wonder Years' star insists smart is sexy". Interview with Katie McLaughlin, www.cnn.com. August 16, 2010.
“I'm not going to sacrifice my mental health to have the perfect body.”
“Method rules his training, which blends the physical with the mental. How many chess masters put in, prior to an important match, an allotted time daily to bicycling and shadow-boxing, followed by a cold douche and a brisk rub down?”

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