"The dramatic modernization of the Asian economies ranks alongside the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution as one of the most important developments in economic history."

-- Lawrence Summers

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“I have a naturally camp sensibility and a camp sense of humour. I love the icons that gay people love.”
“To philosophize is only another way of being afraid and leads hardly anywhere but to cowardly make-believe.”
“When he is late for dinner and I know he must be either having an affair or lying dead in the street, I always hope he's dead.”

Source : Judith Viorst (2014). “When Did I Stop Being Twenty and Other Injustices”, p.96, Simon and Schuster
“It is sufficient for you that the one who envies you is distressed at the time of your joy.”
“Make a habit of telling the truth, or make a habit of lying: to decide each case on its own merits is exhausting, and hardly ever worth it.”
“The chamber music repertoire is so vast that if one is genuinely curious about music, the art of listening, understanding and responding to a score, the elementary skills and requirements of chamber works are easily applicable to that of any solo playing.”
“If there is a problem somewhere, this is what happens. Three people will try to do something concrete to settle the issue. Ten people will give a lecture analyzing what the three are doing. One hundred people will commend or condemn the ten for their lecture. One thousand people will argue about the problem. And one person-only one- will involve himself so deeply in the true solution that he is too busy to listen to any of it. Now...which person are you?”
“Most of my guitars have been instruments that look cool. I'm not picky. I never think, 'Oh, this neck isn't made of ebony,' or, 'These strings don't feel correct.' It doesn't matter too much.”

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