"Music, because of its specific and far-reaching metaphorical powers, can name the unnamable and communicate the unknowable."

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Source : Leonard Bernstein (1976). “The Unanswered Question: Six Talks at Harvard”, p.140, Harvard University Press

Leonard Bernstein

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“Especially when I'm in the gym, I get really motivated by hip-hop.”
“It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future.”
“Christianity is a strangely cheery religion.”
“Just as war is waged with the blood of others, fortunes are made with other people's money.”
“Shyness has laws you can only give yourself; tragically to those who least understand.”
“I remember at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Shaq always wanted me to show him steps over and over.”
“When you wrote a song way back in the day, you were writing material to play live. And you would buy the CD at the shows if you like the show. You may not listen to the CD, you might just throw it in the back of your car and let it warp in the sun. The main thing was you saw the song at the show.”
“I've never met a person who has more integrity than my husband. I respect that. There's his humor and intelligence, too, and he's really cute, all those things - but if you don't respect your partner, you'll get sick of him.”

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