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Quote by Billy Strayhorn
Romance is mush, stifling those who strive. - Billy Strayhorn

Romance is mush, stifling those who strive. – Billy Strayhorn

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To lovers, I devise their imaginary world, with whatever they may need, as the stars of the sky, the red, red roses by the wall, the snow of the hawthorn, the sweet strains of music, and aught else they may desire to figure to each other the lastingness and beauty of their love. – Williston Fish, "A Last Will," 1898

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Romantic

I feel close to Lloyd in Say Anything. He was like a super-interesting version of me. Only Im not as good as him. Whatever part of me is romantic and optimistic, I reached into that to play Lloyd. – John Cusack

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Romantic

I think Bach is equally a romantic composer because he laid the seeds harmonically for people like Chopin and the great Romantics, Brahms, so its difficult to you know all this like labelling and putting – I think Bach is attractive to musicians because he supersedes the labels. – Nigel Kennedy

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Romantic

When youre playing a romantic version of a real person, youre playing a version of the truth. – Andrea Riseborough

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Romantic

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