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I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge. ↗

— Igor Stravinsky

#chiefly #composer #exposure #false #i

I couldn't care less about fashion. If I had taken any clothes home, they would have remained in my closet for the rest of their existence. ↗

— Meryl Streep

#any #care #closet #clothes #existence

Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning. ↗

— Igor Stravinsky

#beginning #brings #comes #discernible #eating

The real composer thinks about his work the whole time; he is not always conscious of this, but he is aware of it later when he suddenly knows what he will do. ↗

— Igor Stravinsky

#always #aware #composer #conscious #his

A lot of people go off and have fun adventures, or hard adventures, and their impulse is to write about them right away. What really makes a difference is having some perspective on what happened. ↗

— Cheryl Strayed

#adventures #away #difference #fun #go

My mother saved hundreds of animals in her life. Wherever she encountered and injured or needy or abandoned animal, she brought it home. ↗

— Cheryl Strayed

#animal #brought #encountered #her #home

I'll live a lush life in some small dive. ↗

— Billy Strayhorn

#i #life #live #lush #small

I'm not fit company for man or beast. ↗

— Billy Strayhorn

#company #fit #i #man

Romance is mush, stifling those who strive. ↗