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The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism. ↗

— Taylor Caldwell

#carrying #devastated #eternity #i #idea

Even if you're improvising, the fact that beforehand you know certain things will work helps you make those improvisations successful. It really helps to have a certain amount of knowledge about musical structure. ↗

— John Cale

#amount #beforehand #certain #certain things #even

An almost hysterical antagonism toward the gold standard is one issue which unites statists of all persuasions. They seem to sense... that gold and economic freedom are inseparable. ↗

— Alan Greenspan

#antagonism #economic #economic freedom #freedom #gold

I missed out on my teenage years. I led a sheltered life. I was practicing scales instead of playing football. ↗

— John Cale

#i #instead #led #life #missed

This year I guess I decided in the bigger matches to take it more to my opponent instead of waiting a bit more for the mistakes. Yeah, this is I guess how you want to win Wimbledon, is by going after your shots, believing you can do it, and that's what I was able to do today. ↗

— Roger Federer

#after #believing #bigger #bit #decided

The things I learned from the army - and I think it was a lesson for life - was how to work in unison with other people. How to take responsibility. ↗

— Oded Fehr

#how #i #i think #learned #lesson

If the law is a bad law, there is always the contingent right to take action that you would not otherwise take. ↗

— James Callaghan

#always #bad #contingent #law #otherwise

When music fails to agree to the ear, to soothe the ear and the heart and the senses, then it has missed the point. ↗

— Maria Callas

#ear #fails #heart #missed #music

Women are not pals enough with men, so we must make ourselves indispensable. After all, we have the greatest weapon in our hands by just being women. ↗

— Maria Callas

#being #enough #greatest #greatest weapon #hands

I am not an angel and do not pretend to be. That is not one of my roles. But I am not the devil either. I am a woman and a serious artist, and I would like so to be judged. ↗

— Maria Callas

#angel #artist #devil #either #i