"What I do not like about our definitions of genius is that there is in them nothing of the day of judgment, nothing of resounding through eternity and nothing of the footsteps of the Almighty."

-- Georg C. Lichtenberg

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“Perhaps the only misplaced curiosity is that which persists in trying to find out here, on this side of death, what lies beyond the grave.”
“I don't think know if anything's going to translate anywhere. You're making a movie, you hope it's going to be funny, you can't think about how it's going to go over.”
“Jazz, for me, is a closed circuit, like the term baroque in the world of classical music.”

Source : "London jazz festival 2012: Where has Jan Garbarek gone? I miss him" by John Lewis, www.theguardian.com. November 14, 2012.
“When you're trying to look pretty, it's a lot easier to compare you to other people. I always felt intimidated in pilot season trying to audition for 'the girlfriend.' Whereas when it's like, 'you're auditioning for the part of this meth addict, trailer park whatever,' it's like, 'Great!'”
“Original Monkees' songs were produced very thinly, on purpose.”
“As long as you're open-minded you can learn stuff from anyone.”
“I've always enjoyed reading history, particularly presidential biographies.”
“Of such wisdom, the poetic passion, the desire of beauty, the love of art for its own sake, has most. For art comes to you proposing frankly to give nothing but the highestquality toyourmomentsasthey pass,and simply for those moments'sake.”

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