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The office of President is a great one; to every true American it seems the greatest on earth. And to me, as I was engaged in weaving a background of music for the pageantry of it, there came a deeper realization of the effect of that office on the man. ↗

— John Philip Sousa

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America can well expect to develop a goodly amount of composers for she has a goodly number of people. ↗

— John Philip Sousa

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I firmly believe that we have more latent musical talent in America than there is in any other country. But to dig it out there must be good music throughout the land, a lot of it. Everyone must hear it, and such a process takes time. ↗

— John Philip Sousa

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I had found English audiences highly satisfactory. They are the best listeners in the world. Perhaps the music-lovers of some of our larger cities equal the English, but I do not believe they can be surpassed in that respect. ↗

— John Philip Sousa

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I still feel the impulse to give young writers a hearing, and I believe I have played more unpublished compositions than any other band leader in the country. ↗

— John Philip Sousa

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Sincere composers believe in God. ↗

— John Philip Sousa

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Defeat should never be a source of discouragement, but rather a fresh stimulus. ↗

— Bishop Robert South

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Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus. ↗

— Robert South

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Similes prove nothing, but yet greatly lighten and relieve the tedium of argument. ↗

— Robert South

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The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them, by a single sentence consisting of two or three words. ↗

— Robert South

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