"I can spot a musical type. I can tell by looking at a woman whether she is a contralto or a soprano."

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Source : Letter to Leon Goldensohn; from "The Nuremberg Interviews" by Leon Goldensohn, - 2004 - Page 83, April 7, 1946.

Walther Funk

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“It is important to reflect on the kindness of others. Every aspect of our present well-being is due to others' hard work. The buildings we live and work in, the roads we travel, the clothes we wear, and the food we eat, are all provided by others. None of them would exist but for the kindness of so many people unknown to us.”
“But if Shakespeare himself is maybe about meaning and truth, I don't know, then he is certainly about pleasure and interest, we start with pleasure and interest, but maybe eventually it gets to meaning and truth.”
“How does the phrase radical Islamic terrorism link all the believers of a faith to terrorism? If I said radical Christian terrorism, does that mean I as a Catholic are a terrorist?”
“They went into my closets looking for skeletons, but thank God, all they found were shoes, beautiful shoes.”

Source : "The shoe must go on" by John Aglionby, www.theguardian.com. February 20, 2001.
“I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.”
“Quality is more than a promise, it's genuine performance.”
“I'd really like to write a book about Timothy McVeigh, but it would only work if he cooperated.”
“No eyes that have seen beauty ever lose their sight.”

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