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Music begins where the possibilities of language end


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Pay no attention to what the critics say; no statue has ever been erected to a critic.

Pay no attention to what the critics say; no statue has ever been erected to a critic.



Music begins where the possibilities of language end.

Music begins where the possibilities of language end.



If we understood the world, we would realize that there is a logic of harmony underlying its manifold apparent dissonances.

If we understood the world, we would realize that there is a logic of harmony underlying its manifold apparent dissonances.



All the doctors who wanted to forbid me to smoke and to drink are dead.

All the doctors who wanted to forbid me to smoke and to drink are dead.



Music is, for me, like a beautiful mosaic which God has put together. He takes all the pieces in his hand, throws them into the world, and we have to recreate the picture from the pieces.

Music is, for me, like a beautiful mosaic which God has put together. He takes all the pieces in his hand, throws them into the world, and we have to recreate the picture from the pieces.



If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price. Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic.

If you really put a small value upon yourself, rest assured that the world will not raise your price. Pay no attention to what the critics say. A statue has never been erected in honor of a critic.



Music is on a higher plane than everything else in this world.

Music is on a higher plane than everything else in this world.



Whereas most other modern composers are engaged in manufacturing cocktails of every hue and description, I offer the public cold spring water.

Whereas most other modern composers are engaged in manufacturing cocktails of every hue and description, I offer the public cold spring water.



I often conduct an orchestra in my sleep; my orchestras are so huge that the back desks of the violas vanish into the horizon. And everything is so wonderful.

I often conduct an orchestra in my sleep; my orchestras are so huge that the back desks of the violas vanish into the horizon. And everything is so wonderful.



Millions of years ago, in my previous incarnations, I must have been related to swans... because I can still feel that affinity.

Millions of years ago, in my previous incarnations, I must have been related to swans... because I can still feel that affinity.





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Now where people are - at least the people I talk to - they are focused on issues of trust. Accountability also comes up, to make sure that this doesn't happen again.

Now where people are - at least the people I talk to - they are focused on issues of trust. Accountability also comes up, to make sure that this doesn't happen again.



Ramses had always been fond of Helen, in his peculiar fashion, but if he had looked at me as he was looking at her, I would have sent for a constable.

Ramses had always been fond of Helen, in his peculiar fashion, but if he had looked at me as he was looking at her, I would have sent for a constable.



Stories serve the purpose of consolidating whatever gains people or their leaders have made or imagine they have made in their existing journey thorough the world.

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At the millennium we partied like it was 1999. And then we had a 10 year bathtub tequila hangover, man. Just hugging the metaphorical toilet on a daily basis.

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Family is hugely important to me. Having kids is the best possible way to shake off any kind of darkness that might accompany a role that you're playing.

Family is hugely important to me. Having kids is the best possible way to shake off any kind of darkness that might accompany a role that you're playing.



I love to do films of all shapes and sizes and feelings and genres. So for me to go from Tomb Raider straight into Dear Frankie, there's nothing that excites me more than to keep mixing it up.

I love to do films of all shapes and sizes and feelings and genres. So for me to go from Tomb Raider straight into Dear Frankie, there's nothing that excites me more than to keep mixing it up.



Ambition is the subtlest beast of the intellectual and moral field. It is wonderfully adroit in concealing itself from its owner.

Ambition is the subtlest beast of the intellectual and moral field. It is wonderfully adroit in concealing itself from its owner.



To attract people, to win over people to that which I have realized as being true, that is called propaganda.

To attract people, to win over people to that which I have realized as being true, that is called propaganda.



I don't quite understand what Tolstoy's actual personal view of Anna is - whether he likes her or hates her, whether she's the heroine or the antiheroine.

I don't quite understand what Tolstoy's actual personal view of Anna is - whether he likes her or hates her, whether she's the heroine or the antiheroine.



We created time, and now we have become the slave of time.

We created time, and now we have become the slave of time.




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