"The profound meaning of music's essential aim... is to produce a communion, a union of man with his fellow man with the Supreme Being"

-- Igor Stravinsky

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“These wickets of the soul are plac'd so high, Because all sounds do highly move aloft; And that they may not pierce too violently, They are delay'd with turns and twinings oft. For should the voice directly strike the brain, It would astonish and confuse it much; Therefore these plaits and folds the sound restrain. That it the organ may more gently touch.”
“Gardening is the only unquestionably useful job.”
“How can we help my kids step into the shoes of another child?”
“I just love listening to the laughter.”

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“The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.”
“Barack Obama isn't the first politician to break a promise, torture the truth or outright lie to the American people. But, he certainly is among the most accomplished at it.”
“The ***** is indolent and lazy, and spends his money on frivolities, whereas the European is forward-looking, organized and intelligent.”
“The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.”

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