"There are three degrees of comparison: stupido, stupidissimo, and tenore."

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Source : "Musicdotes". Book by Scott Beach, p. 94, 1977.

Pietro Mascagni

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“A champion shows who he is by what he does when he's tested. When a person gets up and says 'I can still do it', he's a champion. If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it.”
“You have problems, you think drink helps, then you have two problems.”
“LL Cool J was a rapper-turned-actor, and I also relate to him because he was sort of a ladies' man and had a female fan base, but yet he's a positive dude. You never read about him getting into trouble or going to jail.”
“The history of science shows that the progress of science has constantly been hampered by the tyrannical influence of certain conceptions that finally came to be considered as dogma. For this reason, it is proper to submit periodically to a very searching examination, principles that we have come to assume without any more discussion.”
“My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.”

Source : Attributed to "Essais" by Michel de Montaigne, 1595.
“Time is of your own making; Its clock ticks in your head. The moment you stop thought Time too stops dead.”

Source : Angelus Silesius, Frederick Franck (2005). “Messenger of the Heart: The Book of Angelus Silesius with Observations by the Ancient Zen Masters”, p.39, World Wisdom, Inc
“Don’t portray yourself as who you want to be. Portray yourself as who you are.”
“Always do what you're afraid to do.”

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