"I realized very early that I was never going to make by living by writing string quartets. But I wanted to write music and I didn't want to have to do anything else."

-- Richard Rodney Bennett

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“In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.”
“Meditation has been an anchor throughout my life - it helps me feel balance, connected and at peace.”
“Nothing that doesnâ€™t push you past your limits can change your life. Itâ€™s true of work, itâ€™s true of parenting, and itâ€™s true â€” a hundred times over â€” of love.”
“Good writing is the hardest form of thinking.”
“Mr. Disney believed everyone was still a child deep inside.”
“I believe order is better than chaos, creation better than destruction. I prefer gentleness to violence, forgiveness to vendetta. On the whole I think that knowledge is preferable to ignorance, and I am sure that human sympathy is more valuable than ideology. I believe that in spite of the recent triumphs of science, men haven't changed much in the last two thousand years; and in consequence we must try to learn from history.”

Source : Kenneth Clark, British Broadcasting Corporation (1970). “Civilization”, London : British Broadcasting Corporation
“Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.”
“If there were Israeli attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities, it makes it certain there would be a reprisal attack against the United States at some point.”

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