"That makes classical music work, the ability to improvise."

-- Itzhak Perlman

#Classical Music Quotes #Ability Quotes

“It is necessary to keep one's compass in one's eyes and not in the hand, for the hands execute, but the eye judges.”
“When you don't have love, it is like there's a party going on and everybody was invited except for you ... and you just happen to walk by that house in the rain”
“Whatever may be the temporary applause of men, or the expressions of public opinion, it may be asserted without fear of contradiction, that no true and permanent fame can be founded, except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind.”

Source : Charles Sumner (1850). “Orations and Speeches [1845-1850]”, p.332
“trust your heart but use your head”

Source : Julie Garwood (2012). “Julie Garwood Box Set: Gentle Warrior, Honor's Splendour, Lion's Lady, and a New Excerpt!”, p.259, Simon and Schuster
“You gotta fight. You gotta get out the negative energy. Don't let it build up. You end up screaming at each other over something totally stupid, like, 'Well, why'd you put this spoon in this drawer then?' 'Just to p-s you off, that's why! I got spoons hidden all over this house! Keep it up, and your napkin rings are gonna start disappearing.'”
“Richard Marquand, on Jedi, was very much an actor's director.”
“Let us now relieve the Romans of their fears by the death of a feeble old man.”
“Computers absolutely changed my life. Before I had a computer, I had never written one thing. Not one thing. I'm a very bad speller and I was embarrassed by that. When I would type, the little mistakes would make me nutty, and I would never edit anything.”

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