Quote by Igor Stravinsky
A plague on eminence! I hardly dare cross the street anymore witho

A plague on eminence! I hardly dare cross the street anymore without a convoy, and I am stared at wherever I go like an idiot member of a royal family or an animal in a zoo and zoo animals have been known to die from stares. – Igor Stravinsky

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The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never had any reason for starting, any more than it has any reason for ending. – 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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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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I think that in a year I may retire. I cannot take my money with me when I die and I wish to enjoy it, with my family, while I live. I should prefer living in Germany to any other country, though I am an American, and am loyal to my country. – Harry Houdini

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We all wish we could be in more than one place at the same time. People with families feel guilty all the time-if we spend too much time with our family, we feel were not working hard enough. – Harold Ramis

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