#din

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

No one will ever argue that someone could have played Helen Keller better than Patty Duke. It was an incredibly demanding role and I don't think anyone can argue that it was a false performance. ↗

— Richard Masur

#argue #better #could #demanding #duke

The Wedding March has a bit of a death march in it. ↗

— Brian May

#bit #death #march

My dream, I remember, when I went to boarding school, was to have a study all my own, a little nook someplace where nobody could get at me - nobody, like the football coach. ↗

— Harry Mathews

#boarding school #coach #could #dream #football

My next project is to get back to that. Actually, to learn how to write poetry. I'm not kidding. ↗

— Harry Mathews

#back #get #how #i #kidding

Looking back now, thinking about that moment in the lights, with my heart pounding, Oscar in my hand, all I can say is I am grateful and humbled - still to this day. Next to marrying my husband and the birth of my children, it is one of the best days ever. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#am #back #best #birth #children

The hearing aids are very helpful for speech reading. Without the hearing aids, my voice becomes very loud, and I cannot control the quality of my voice. ↗

— Marlee Matlin

#becomes #cannot #control #hearing #hearing aids

I tell my staff, we're riding a tour bus around, and we're going to stop and look at some weird stuff - but we're taking our viewers around safely. They're just looking out the window at it. I'm trying to create a sense of comfort for my center audience. ↗

— Chris Matthews

#audience #bus #center #comfort #create

Sarah Palin - now don't laugh - is writing a book. Not just reading a book, writing a book. Actually, in the word of the publisher, she's 'collaborating' on a book. What an embarrassment! It's one of these 'I told you,' books that jocks do. ↗

— Chris Matthews

#book #books #collaborating #embarrassment #i

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#dinner #dinner party #eat #party #should