#oft

People often complain that music is too ambiguous, that what they should think when they hear it is so unclear, whereas everyone understands words. With me, it is exactly the opposite, and not only with regard to an entire speech but also with individual words. ↗

— Felix Mendelssohn

#ambiguous #complain #entire #everyone #exactly

I have said it often and I will say it again: I believe you learn to read when you are young, then read to learn for the rest of your life. ↗

— Ruth Ann Minner

#believe #i #i believe #learn #life

I've often entertained paranoid suspicions about my fridge and what it's been doing to my poetry when I'm not looking, but I never even considered that my fan was thinking about me. ↗

— George Murray

#been #considered #doing #entertained #even

I've experienced huge kindness here, a great welcome and some very generous reviews without the snide social edge I often suffer from at home. I'm not patronized here either, which I much appreciate! ↗

— Joanna Trollope

#edge #either #experienced #generous #great

Mental violence is as bad as physical violence. You don't see that very often in movies, so it was a good subject to tackle. ↗

— Chazz Palminteri

#good #mental #movies #often #physical

The squeaky wheel doesn't always get greased; it often gets replaced. ↗

— John Peers

#get #gets #greased #often #replaced

It has too often been too easy for rulers and governments to incite man to war. ↗

— Lester B. Pearson

#been #easy #governments #incite #man

Actors, you know, they're often awkward people in real life. ↗

— Liev Schreiber

#know #life #often #people #real

We can provide beta software to our developers in advance of the general public. We can easily link up with external partners, customers, and suppliers. ↗

— Jim Barksdale

#beta #customers #developers #easily #external

Almost every one of my various zero numbered birthdays has had a big concert in London and often in Paris. ↗

— Elliott Carter

#big #birthdays #concert #every #had