"I was horrified by modern 12-tone music. I said to myself, 'Maybe I can find something different... maybe salvation, liberation, is possible."

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Source : Interview with the Pioneer of Musique Concrete, vol. 2, n° 1, 1987.

Pierre Schaeffer

#Tone Quotes #Different Quotes #Modern Quotes

“Endurance? You've only got to get out there and do it. Face up to it: man was meant to run.”
“As a rule, one must write a great many words before one learns to write well.”
“If you tell a teammate you're ready to play as tough as you're able to, you'd better go out there and do it.”
“Worries find you easily enough without inviting them.”

Source : Gillian Flynn (2009). “Dark Places: A Novel”, p.60, Broadway Books
“Don't be disquieted in time of adversity. Be firm with dignity and self-reliant with vigor.”
“An hour will come, with pleasure to relate Your sorrows past, as benefits of Fate.”
“While formal schooling is an important advantage, it is not a guarantee of success nor is its absence a fatal handicap.”
“When the doorbell rings at three in the morning, it's never good news.”

Source : Anthony Horowitz (2013). “Russian Roulette: The Story of an Assassin”, p.187, Penguin

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