"From the time I could play the piano, I remember trying to write tunes. They were in my head, and I would just sit down and start noodling. Next thing I knew, I had written a melody."

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Source : Marvin Hamlisch (1992). “The Way I was”, Scribner

Marvin Hamlisch

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“Achieving price stability is not only important in itself, it is also central to attaining the Federal Reserve's other mandate objectives of maximum sustainable employment and moderate long-term interest rates.”
“...I cannot help being astonished at the furious and ungoverned execration which all reference to the possibility of a fusion of the races draws down upon those who suggest it, because nobody pretends to deny that, throughout the South, a large proportion of the population is the offspring of white men and colored women.”

Source : Fanny Kemble (1863). “Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839”, p.14
“One tip is to try and give your hair some time to relax. Don't over wash or over dry it.”
“I don't think there will ever be a time when people will stop wanting to bring about change.”
“Wise Man: One who sees the storm coming before the clouds appear.”
“When you wake up in the morning looking for the light, the light will come.”
“Course Dumbledore trusts you,â€ growled Moody. â€œHeâ€™s a trusting man, isnâ€™t he? Believes in second chances. But me â€” I say there are spots that donâ€™t come off, Snape. Spots that never come off, dâ€™you know what I mean?”
“Shoot, two things I said I wasn't going to do: Cry and give air quotes,”

Source : "Michael Keaton Gave An Incredibly Personal Acceptance Speech About His Tough Childhood" by Kirsten Acuna, www.businessinsider.com. January 12, 2015.

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