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As I came to New York, it was for me a new beginning. To discover what people are living here. What do they need, what do they expect, what would they like to be the image and the performance of the New York Philharmonic? ↗

— Kurt Masur

#came #discover #expect #here #i

Even my family laughed at me because they thought this young guy who's always stuttering in front of other people should be in front of 100 musicians and talk to them and leading them. ↗

— Kurt Masur

#because #even #family #front #guy

I worked on scores. I went to the musical library in Berlin which is very famous. I discovered that we had scores of Beethoven, printed scores of Beethoven, that are full of mistakes. Not the wrong or false notes, but the wrong dynamic, understandable things. ↗

— Kurt Masur

#berlin #discovered #dynamic #false #famous

In South America, I heard the 8th Symphony of Beethoven. And the young conductor thought, Beethoven must be heroic. But this is piece which shouldn't be heroic. And this was such a misunderstanding, such a deep misunderstanding. ↗

— Kurt Masur

#beethoven #conductor #deep #heard #heroic

My travels led me to where I am today. Sometimes these steps have felt painful, difficult, but led me to greater happiness and opportunites. ↗

— Diana Ross

#difficult #felt #greater #happiness #i

Honestly, there was a time after I came out that I really did not think I would be working again. ↗

— Heather Matarazzo

#again #came #did #honestly #i

There is going to be a hundred thousand doors slammed in your face before one opens, so feel ok about taking rejection. ↗

— Heather Matarazzo

#before #doors #face #feel #going

We're all just playing our own game. I don't see it as a rivalry. We're just trying to play our best. ↗

— Michelle Wie

#game #i #just #our #own

Families are the Nurseries of all Societies; and the First combinations of mankind. ↗

— Cotton Mather

#families #first #mankind #nurseries #societies

History is the story of events, with praise or blame. ↗

— Cotton Mather

#events #history #praise #story