"The biggest thrill you can have is to tell people one of your songs, and have them be able to hum it."

-- Marvin Hamlisch

#Song Quotes #People Quotes #Able Quotes

“There was a time, from 1935-1946, when teenagers and young adults danced to jazz-orientated bands. When jazz orchestras dominated pop charts and when influential clarinettists were household names. This was the swing era.”
“The Admiral says that he never beheld so fair a thing: trees all along the river, beautiful and green, and different from ours, with flowers and fruits each according to their kind, many birds and little birds which sing very sweetly.”
“The entertainment business is not the be-all and end-all for me.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Today, the average Korean works a thousand hours more a year than the average German. A thousand. ... That is the end of the Great Divergence.”

Source : "The 6 killer apps of prosperity". Ted conference, www.ted.com. 2011.
“She drove me to ballet class...and she took me to every audition. She'd be proud of me if I was still sitting in that seat or if I was watching from home. She believes in me and that's why this [award] is for her. She's a wonderful mother.”
“I don't know what makes a writer's voice. It's dozens of things. There are people who write who don't have it. They're tone-deaf, even though they're very fluent. It's an ability, like anything else, being a doctor or a veterinarian, or a musician.”
“I don't want anyone who doesn't want me.”
“The mutual confidence on which all else depends can be maintained only by an open mind and a brave reliance upon free discussion.”

Source : Learned Hand (1959). “The Spirit of Liberty: Papers and Addresses”

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