"My father ran the gamut: a favorite of his was Josef Hofmann, but there was also Friedman, Rachmaninoff, Godowsky, Lhevinne, Moiseiwitsch, Paderewski, etc."

-- Marc-Andre Hamelin

#Father Quotes #Etc Quotes #Rachmaninoff Quotes

“The listener has a responsibility that not everyone wants to take, especially if you are putting on the new Top 40 record.”
“Those who have more power are liable to sin more; no theorem in geometry is more certain than this.”
“Basketball players want contact to get a foul called. Slaps on the wrist and bumps on the shoulder are big time to them, and they don't like that. In football, you get that all the time. The whole mental makeup is different.”

Source : "Sorry, Charles, but NBA stars couldn't cut it". Interview with Mike Sando, www.espn.com. May 29, 2013.
“Life to the great majority is only a constant struggle for mere existence, with the certainty of losing it at last.”
“Being an African filmmaker, Africa is what's important for me. If I were to shot a film in France or elsewhere it would only be because the story that was being told was something that concerned me, and that really called me or needed to be shown on the screen.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“The most difficult thing about an easy match is to make a weak opponent play bad football.”
“When people in Washington say they're going to take away my guns, they better bring theirs if they're going to take mine.”
“If you are fond of dressing elegantly, or when you put on your clothes, think of the incorruptible garment of righteousness in which our souls should be arrayed, or of Jesus Christ Who is our spiritual raiment, as it is said: 'For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ, have put on Christ' (Gal. 3:27).”

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