"I was born and trained to communicate music, just as the sons were born and trained to hunt, and I was lucky to have grown up in Hungary, a country that lives and breathes music-that has a passionate belief in the power of music as a celebration of life."

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Source : Georg Solti, Harvey Sachs (1997). “Memoirs”, Knopf

Georg Solti

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“Everybody Moral courage is a virtue of higher cast and nobler origin than physical. It springs from a consciousness of virtue and renders a man, in the pursuit or defense of right, superior to the fear of reproach, opposition, or contempt.”
“The 'wisdom of the crowds' is the most ridiculous statement I've heard in my life. Crowds are dumb.”
“Let us learn this lesson from Nehemiah: you never lighten the load unless first you have felt the pressure in your own soul. You are never used of God to bring blessing until God has opened your eyes and made you see things as they are.”
“Treat gain and loss the same.' Don't be Intimidated. Don't make a Big Deal of anything - just accept things as they come to you.”
“If we destroy their environments and communities, we will lose the answers they have to solving our problems, and to the protection of our common futures.”
“To me thin people never had any meaningful problems.”
“Having small children and being an investigative reporter would seem like a difficult mix, but it worked well for me. I was often working on my own enterprise stories, which were not as deadline sensitive.”
“Making chocolate is a way of life, not a profession,”

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