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Britain is not a country that is easily rocked by revolution... In Britain our institutions evolve. We are a Fabian Society writ large. ↗

— William Hamilton

#country #easily #evolve #institutions #large

Who would not rather have the fame of Archimedes than that of his conqueror Marcellus? ↗

— William Rowan Hamilton

#conqueror #fame #his #rather #than

If you play a gay role, it sticks more than it does if an actor were to play a murderer or a psychopath. ↗

— Harry Hamlin

#does #gay #more #play #role

I was always drawn to Broadway musicals, and obviously composers like Gershwin, Rodgers, Berlin and Porter were writing music that I found wildly impressive. ↗

— Marvin Hamlisch

#berlin #broadway #broadway musicals #composers #drawn

There have been studies that clearly state that children who are exposed to arts education at a young age will in fact do markedly better in their SAT tests. ↗

— Marvin Hamlisch

#arts #arts education #been #better #children

As I get older, I'm slowing down and, yes, calming down in my desire to be taken seriously. That I can be entertaining and funny and high nervous energy can work against me as a serious composer, slowly but surely you'll see me be quieter just so that people will listen. ↗

— Marvin Hamlisch

#calming #composer #desire #down #energy

From the time I could play the piano, I remember trying to write tunes. They were in my head, and I would just sit down and start noodling. Next thing I knew, I had written a melody. ↗

— Marvin Hamlisch

#down #had #head #i #i remember

I started studying music at the age of five and a half. My older sister was taking piano lessons. When her teacher left our apartment, I would get up on the piano bench and start picking out the notes that were part of my sister's lessons. ↗

— Marvin Hamlisch

#apartment #bench #five #get #half

I think that when NASA works on a moon shot, they know too well that all of the people working on it must do their job at 110 percent. Sometimes they probably put in 18 hour days, but they're aiming for the moon, and that's what counts. ↗

— Marvin Hamlisch

#counts #days #hour #i #i think

I'm not one of those people who says, 'I never read reviews,' because I don't believe those people. ↗

— Marvin Hamlisch

#believe #i #never #people #read