"I am old, I am fat, but I am still Tetrazzini."

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Luisa Tetrazzini

#Fats Quotes #Stills Quotes

“I've always had a keen interest in the world. My father was in Patton's 3rd Army, and he helped liberate Dachau in the 7th Army.”
“My shoes are clean from walking in the rain.”
“For instance, there are many mainstream Reformed theologians that deny the doctrine of "limited" atonement (the "L" in TULIP, the acrostic for the Five Points of Calvinism). These are not thinkers on the margins or troublemakers. They are leaders at the center of Reformed thinking like Bishop John Davenant.”
“Well, John Doherty's playing was very unique. He bowed a lot and used staccato, while I slur a bit. I bow a lot as well, but I do a bit of playing a few notes with the one bow. As you go south there's more slurring with the bow. As you go north there's more bowing every note. But sometimes you get the combination of the two in Donegal.”
“Father was a good driver and enjoyed driving, but the sight of a female in charge of a vehicle was sometimes too much for him. If a car came to close or made the smallest mistake with the rules of the road he shouted, "blasted woman driver", to which my mother was often able to say, with truth, "Funny thing, she's dressed as a man."”
“I want to follow in my father's footsteps, but do it better.”
“There are occasions when the simplest and fewest words surpass in effect all the wealth of rhetorical amplification.”
“Forgetfulness transforms every occurrence into a non-occurrence.”

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