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Quote by Igor Stravinsky
I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my

I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge. – Igor Stravinsky

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Conductors careers are made for the most part with Romantic music. Classic music eliminates the conductor we do not remember him in it. – Igor Stravinsky

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Romantic
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Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being? – Igor Stravinsky

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alone
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Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebodys piano playing in my living room has on the book I am reading. – Igor Stravinsky

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relationship
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Knowledge is power only if man knows what facts not to bother with. – Robert Staughton Lynd

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In complete darkness we are all the same, it is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us, dont let your eyes deceive you. – Janet Jackson

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Knowledge

If we want our children to value education, then we must show our appreciation for knowledge. – Brad Sherman

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The knowledge that makes us cherish innocence makes innocence unattainable. – Irving Howe

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Patience is the ability to count down before you blast off. – Author Unknown

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The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do. – Thomas Jefferson

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Sports teaches you character, it teaches you to play by the rules, it teaches you to know what it feels like to win and lose-it teaches you about life. – Billie Jean King

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I think the destructive, vicious, negative nature of much of the news media makes it harder to govern this country, harder to attract decent people to run for public office. – Newt Gingrich

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