"Now I want to use money in a good way. I make foundations back home in Russia, I have sponsored vaccinations for more than one million children in my homeland and I have founded scholarships in the names of my great Russian compatriots - Oistrakh, Richter, Gilels, Shostakovich, Prokofiev and Schnittke."

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Source : "Why the cello is a hero". Interview With Julian Lloyd Webber, www.telegraph.co.uk. October 28, 2004.

Mstislav Rostropovich

#Children Quotes #Home Quotes #Russia Quotes

“I brush my teeth with a Sonicare toothbrush before every show.”
“Although the Irish language is connected with the many recollections that twine around the hearts of Irishmen, yet the superior utility of the English tongue, as the medium of all modern communication, is so great that I can witness without a sigh the gradual decline of the Irish language.”
“I'm certainly not a practicing Jew. I would never claim, 'I'm Jewish.' That's not the first and foremost thing in my mind, as far as who I am as a person.”
“I've made an ***** of myself so many times I often wonder if I am one.”
“This is I think a dramatic point for conservatives. They are waking up to the fact that this guy, that Donald Trump has an ability to speak to people who they thought were theirs ideologically, people who they thought were a part of their team.”

Source : Source: www.msnbc.com
“Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.”

Source : "War As I Knew It". Book by George S. Patton. Chapter "Reflections and Suggestions", 1947.
“One minute you're a slug and the next minute you're a hero, so you don't know what to think.”
“You brain does its best when it is doing a task it can do well. That's basic brain science.”

Source : Source: bobmorris.biz

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