"The difference between the student and the born composer is he really hears the thing, and they have to stage it and manipulate it by technical equipment."

-- Leo Ornstein

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“In handling men, there are three feelings that a man must not possess-fear, dislike and contempt. If he is afraid of men he cannot handle them. Neither can he influence them in his favor if he dislikes or scorns them. He must neither cringe nor sneer. He must have both self-respect and respect for others.”

Source : "The Forbes scrapbook of Thoughts on the business of life". Forbes magazine, 1950.
“everyone knows how to love because we are all born with that gift.”
“A gift - be it a present, a kind word or a job done with care and love - explains itself!... and if receivin' it embarrasses you, it's because your 'thanks box' is warped.”

Source : Alice Childress (2012). “Like One of the Family: Conversations from a Domestic's Life”, p.78, Beacon Press
“In the months leading up to World War II, there was a tendency among many Americans to talk absently about the trouble in Europe. Nothing that happened an ocean away seemed very threatening.”
“Errol Flynn and I are the only ones left who do any good old hell raising.”
“I've always been more interested in the future than in the past”
“Leadership is about tapping the wellsprings of human motivation - and about fundamental relations with one's fellows.”
“If 2,000 Tea Party activists descended on Wall Street, you would probably have an equal number of reporters there covering them.”

Source : Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan (2012). “The Silenced Majority: Stories of Uprisings, Occupations, Resistance, and Hope”, p.327, Haymarket Books

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