"Even an ordinary broken chord is made to disclose rare beauties; we are reminded of the fairies' hazelnuts in which diamonds were concealed but you could break the shell only if your hands were blessed."

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“It is the only one in existence that might conceivably have been composed by God.”

“If a German or an Austrian, a Greek or a Bashibazouk, had composed Gerontius, the whole world would have by now admitted its qualities.”

“Sibelius justified the austerity of his old age by saying that while other composers were engaged in manufacturing cocktails, he offered the public pure cold water.”

“A cultured aromatist.”

“Dear, lovely game of cricket that can stir us so profoundly, that can lift up our hearts and break them.”

“For the game is everlasting only insofar as we keep returning to it for delights put into it by countless boys of all ages.”

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— Frank Bainimarama

Politics1954

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"It is my belief that there are "absolutes" in our Bill of Rights, and that they were put there on purpose by men who knew what the words meant and meant their prohibitions to be "absolutes."

— Hugo Black

Politics1886–1971

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"..I don’t see any point in simply stating something that is easily available. But then that may just be my own psychology, a kind of negative position. It seems to me that if you avoid everything you …"

— Jasper Johns

Art1930

#justice

"It seems to me that the technique of gaming does at least two things, both of which are extremely important. One is that it tends to make a reality out of the potential and also the intentions nominal…"

— Bernard Brodie (military strategist)

Military1910–1978

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