"Classical music is a wonderful 1200 year-old tradition that witnesses everything that it has meant and what it means right now to be human."

-- Michael Tilson Thomas

#Mean Quotes #Years Quotes #Wonderful Quotes

“It is impossible, in principle, to explain any pattern by invoking a single quantity.”
“We have ignored this cancer for so long that the romance of environmental concern is already fading in the shadow of the grim realities of lakes, rivers and bays where all forms of life have been smothered by untreated wastes, and oceans which no longer provide us with food.”
“Bourgeois patriotism, as I view it, is only a very shabby, very narrow, very mercenary, and deeply antihuman passion, having for its object the preservation and maintenance of the power of the national state-that is, the mainstay of all the priveleges of the exploiters throughout the nation.”
“It's okay to have personal ambitions, but you have to take someone with you.”
“I caught on fire twice on the stage, but I was promptly put out. It was just my leg”
“I've learned to let things roll off my back.”
“Difficulties should act as a tonic. They should spur us to greater exertion.”
“Whether I affect one person or an entire family, or even a group of people, I feel like I have resources and education and ability and skills that some people may not be fortunate enough to acquire. But by sharing and inquiring, being a listener, and being interested in the stories of other people and their lives, I can also pull things out and say "What can I do for them? What can I share with them that may alleviate some of their suffering?"”

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