"I am a composer in search of oblivion; and I'm always slightly ashamed to admit that I compose."

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Alexander Borodin

#Oblivion Quotes #Ashamed Quotes #Composer Quotes

“Any discussion of investment or putting monetary value on the environment must start with the populations who rely on those resources.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com
“I always hated those classic kid movies like Old Yeller or The Yearling where the beloved pet dies. What would be so wrong with having those damn kids learn their lessons about mortality from watching Grandpa kick? Then at least the dog would be around to comfort them.”

Source : Merrill Markoe (2006). “Walking in Circles Before Lying Down: A Novel”, p.208, Villard
“Fortune resists half-hearted prayers.”
“Within NASA, the shuttle is perhaps the least-groundbreaking project. Recall that Apollo was about creating brand-new technologies that did something unprecedented - putting men on the moon. The shuttle is, by comparison, a relic designed to make going into orbit routine.”
“The future is uncertain... but this uncertainty is at the very heart of human creativity.”
“As if the night had said to me, â€˜You are the night and the night alone understands you and enfolds you in its armsâ€™ One with the shadows. Without nightmare. An inexplicable peace.”
“Never be lucid, never state, if you would be regarded great.”
“I think that's what distinguishes Schmidt, really. In the movies now, so much of what is appealing to an audience is the dramatic or has to do with science fiction, and Schmidt is simply human. There's no melodrama; there's no device, It's just about a human being.”

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