"I regard the people as a great being, inspired by a single idea. This is my problem. I strove to solve it in this opera."

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Source : "The Essential Canon of Classical Music". Book by David Dubal, 2003.

Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky

#People Quotes #Inspired Quotes #Problem Quotes

“My first job out of college was as an editorial assistant in a New York publishing house. Being an editorial assistant is the purgatory would-be editors must endure before they can ascend the ladder and begin acquiring books on their own. I spent a year filing paperwork, writing copy, and typing rejection letters.”
“The person who doesn't know how to subjugate will all too quickly feel the other's foot on the nape of his neck.”
“The point of the game is not how well the individual does, but whether the team wins. That's the beautiful heart of the game, the blending of personalities, the mutual sacrifices for the group success.”

Source : Bill Bradley (2010). “Life on the Run”, p.186, RosettaBooks
“There are certain restaurants where you should photograph the food rather than eat it. These are great places to bring a narcissistic boyfriend before you break up.”
“If the only new thing we have to offer is an improved version of the past, then today can only be inferior to yesterday. Hypnotized by images of the past, we risk losing all capacity for creative change.”

Source : Robert Hewison (1987). “The heritage industry: Britain in a climate of decline”, Methuen
“My grandfather was from outside of Moscow, and my grandmother, although some of her family were French, was from Odessa. They met as immigrants in New York in the early '20s. My mother's family came over from Ireland generations ago.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Vision without execution is like a plane without wings, or Dumbo without ears, it just won't fly.”
“I can't say I based [Carla] on anybody I knew. She was so foulmouthed and mean, just said what was on her mind. So I guess Carla is somebody I always wished I could be at the right moment, the one who always has the perfect comeback.”

Source : Source: www.gq.com

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