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No nation as young as America can be expected to become immediately a power in the arts. ↗

— John Philip Sousa

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Sincere composers believe in God. ↗

— John Philip Sousa

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The average music-lover hears only the production under prevailing conditions. ↗

— John Philip Sousa

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The movements which I make I cannot possibly repress because, at the time, I am actually the idea I am interpreting, and naturally I picture my players and auditors as in accord with me. I know, of course, that my mannerisms have been widely discussed. ↗

— John Philip Sousa

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To the average mind popular music would mean compositions vulgarly conceived and commonplace in their treatment. That is absolutely false. ↗

— John Philip Sousa

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It is much easier to modify an opinion if one has not already persuasively declared it. ↗

— David H. Souter

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Defeat should never be a source of discouragement, but rather a fresh stimulus. ↗

— Bishop Robert South

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Guilt upon the conscience, like rust upon iron, both defiles and consumes it, gnawing and creeping into it, as that does which at last eats out the very heart and substance of the metal. ↗

— Bishop Robert South

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Most of the appearance of mirth in the world is not mirth, it is art. The wounded spirit is not seen, but walks under a disguise. ↗

— Bishop Robert South

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Action is the highest perfection and drawing forth of the utmost power, vigor, and activity of man's nature. ↗

— Bishop Robert South

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