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

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Substitute damn every time youre inclined to write very your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be. – Mark Twain

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A Librettist is a mere drudge in the world of opera. – Robertson Davies

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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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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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A supreme social challenge. – Cleveland Amory

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