"Listening to the Fifth Symphony of Ralph Vaughan Williams is like staring at a cow for 45 minutes."

-- Aaron Copland

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“There are known knowns and known unknowns, but what we should be worried about most is the unknown unknowns.”
“My wife went to a beauty parlor and got a mudpack; for two days she looked nice, then the mud fell off.”
“As a writer, I have readers who will have a range of political views. I don't think they look to me for political guidance.”
“It's weird when people ask me, "Why are you so nice?" It's like, "Because that's just what you should do. You should be kind to people." It seems really basic, but it's amazing how many people forget that.”
“All I need is a big surfboard and a piano.”
“Sometimes the scene is a sad scene but you have to play it with a laugh to find out that that doesn't work or that there's really a part of that in it, and that's what rehearsal is for, to take that time.”
“Covers, so many covers, so many different, delectable pictures, and although, metaphorically speaking, it is the thing I hate most, when it comes to literature I always judge books by their covers. First the cover will catch my eye, then I read the back of the book, and then finally the first page.”

Source : Jane Green (2000). “Jemima J: A Novel”, p.67, Broadway Books
“Truth without love is brutality, and love without truth is hypocrisy.”

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