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“People who can write a book usually do.”
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“... one quality music, alone among the arts, possesses — a warm, a satisfying friendliness. All the other arts are lonely. We paint alone — my picture, my interpretation of the sky. My poem, my novel. But in music — ensemble music, not soloism — we share. No altruism this, for we receive tenfold what we give.”
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“Sometimes I think we can tell how important it is to risk by how dangerous it would be to do so.”
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“ When I have eaten mangoes, I have felt like Eve.”
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“When it comes to the important things one is always alone ... ”
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“To forgive freely, is what we owe to our enemy; to forget not, is what we owe to ourselves.”
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“... you'd have done fine at track meets. Especially if they'd had an event called Jumping to Conclusions.”
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“... when humans interfere with nature something always goes wrong, despite good intentions. And once things are out of kilter, we cannot restore the balance.”