"If you approach an opera as though it were something that always went a certain way, that's what you get. I approach an opera as though I didn't know it."

-- Sarah Caldwell

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“Everyone should have kids. They are the greatest joy in the world. But they are also terrorists. You'll realize this as soon as they are born and they start using sleep deprivation to break you.”

Source : Ray Romano (1999). “Everything and a Kite”
“Let Christians all understand that conscience is between themselves and God alone. They are not at liberty to impose even their freedom of conscience upon another; but by the laws of the kingdom of Christ, they are obliged even to refrain at times from exercising their own freedom, out of consideration for others.”
“The problem is that I don't think the American people realize how much of our intelligence is actually derived from our partners. If our partners cannot feel or do not trust that our president will not divulge that information to, I mean, goodness gracious, the Russians in this case, then that could create real problems for us going forward.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“The sight or sound of perfect things causes a certain suffering.”

Source : Adrienne Monnier (1976). “The Very Rich Hours of Adrienne Monnier”
“I love love, and I love life. I love. I just love. It's just great. It's the most enduring element we have is love.”
“I've always been looking for other people's approval.”
“I don't think we're living in great times for movies, to tell you the truth.”
“Once you have learned to fly your plane, it is far less fatiguing to fly than it is to drive a car. You don't have to watch every second for cats, dogs, children, lights, road signs, ladies with baby carriages and citizens who drive out in the middle of the block against the lights. . . . Nobody who has not been up in the sky on a glorious morning can possibly imagine the way a pilot feels in free heaven.”

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