"I shall never be converted, and I shall remain true to my old religion of the classics until my life's end."

--

Richard Strauss

“What 'jazz' means to me is the worst kind of working conditions, the worst in cultural prejudice. The term 'jazz' has come to mean the abuse and exploitation of black musicians.”
“He's coming up but he got bigger and stronger, that plus the athleticism. I'm going to have to show him that we're just as athletic in the middleweight division as [they are] in the welterweight division. I think he'll do good in the division but I'm glad I get to welcome him to middleweight.”
“Art is the conveyance of spirit by means of matter.”
“We have to do what we can to help wherever and whenever it is possible for us to help.”
“All our theories of improving the world, while we are still asleep, merely intensify the sleep of humanity.”
“Sleep, rest of nature, O sleep, most gentle of the divinities, peace of the soul, thou at whose presence care disappears, who soothest hearts wearied with daily employments, and makest them strong again for labour!”
“Monty Python is like catnip for nerds. Once you get them started quoting it, they are constitutionally incapable of feeling depressed.”

Source : Kevin Hearne (2011). “Hounded (with two bonus short stories): The Iron Druid Chronicles, Book One”, p.179, Del Rey
“I've always respected those who tried to change the world for the better, rather than just complain about it.”

Source : Michael Bloomberg, Matthew Winkler (1997). “Bloomberg by Bloomberg”, Wiley

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