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I'm more comfortable knowing that, chances are, I'm going to fail at this. I've become comfortable with that. ↗

— Ian Thorpe

#chances #comfortable #fail #going #i

Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic. ↗

— Cesare Pavese

#enjoyment #life #love #love is #pain

The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped. ↗

— Cesare Pavese

#dropped #end #life #like #masks

The fairytale has turned into a nightmare. ↗

— Ian Thorpe

#into #nightmare #turned

If children are not introduced to music at an early age, I believe something fundamental is actually being taken from them. ↗

— Luciano Pavarotti

#age #being #believe #children #early

For me, music making is the most joyful activity possible, the most perfect expression of any emotion. ↗

— Luciano Pavarotti

#any #emotion #expression #joyful #making

He wants only to rest and to have a little peace. ↗

— Luciano Pavarotti

#only #peace #rest #wants

I am a tenor buff. I hear myself. ↗

— Luciano Pavarotti

#buff #hear #i #i am #myself

I want to reach as many people as possible with the message of music, of wonderful opera. ↗

— Luciano Pavarotti

#many #message #music #opera #people

I was an elementary school teacher. ↗

— Luciano Pavarotti

#elementary school #i #school #school teacher #teacher