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The banging and slamming and booming and crashing were something beyond belief. On Lohengrin – Mark Twain

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Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured. – Mark Twain

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No God and no religion can survive ridicule. No political church, no nobility, no royalty or other fraud, can face ridicule in a fair field, and live. – Mark Twain

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If I werent reasonably placid, I dont think I could cope with this sort of life. To be a diva, youve got to be absolutely like a horse. – Joan Sutherland

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Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it. – Hannah More

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I love Italian opera — its so reckless. Damn Wagner, and his bellowings at Fate and death. Damn Debussy, and his averted face. I like the Italians who run all on impulse, and dont care about their immortal souls, and dont worry about the ultimate. – D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

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Opera

The Opera is obviously the first draft of a fine spectacle; it suggests the idea of one. – Jean De La Bruyere

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