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It's better to finish at the peak or soon after it, than to wait until the audience notices a decline. ↗

— Eberhard Weber

#audience #better #decline #finish #notices

On the other hand, when I give it closer thought, I realize I'm not enough of a dictator to conduct an orchestra because it requires a pretty awful person. When you read these biographies of famous conductors, they are all awful people who fail in their private relationships. ↗

— Eberhard Weber

#because #biographies #closer #conduct #conductors

Whenever I release a record, it's my record. It's not a selfish thought. I may work all year 'round for other people. So, finally, when I come out with my own album, it should be me with the creative help of other musicians. ↗

— Eberhard Weber

#come #creative #finally #help #i

If you can not master your language you must be it's slave. ↗

— Jenny Weber

#master #must #slave #you #your

The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon. ↗

— Jenny Weber

#life #soon #tragedy

The fate of our times is characterized by rationalization and intellectualization and, above all, by the disenchantment of the world. ↗

— Max Weber

#characterized #disenchantment #fate #our #times

Someday, I'd like to sit down with a small group of people, in a relaxed environment, and make a film that feels more independent. That way we can be a little more free in terms of storytelling and subject. ↗

— Chris Wedge

#environment #feels #film #free #group

Only by strict specialization can the scientific worker become fully conscious, for once and perhaps never again in his lifetime, that he has achieved something that will endure. A really definitive and good accomplishment is today always a specialized act. ↗

— Max Weber

#achieved #act #again #always #become

No sociologist should think himself too good, even in his old age, to make tens of thousands of quite trivial computations in his head and perhaps for months at a time. ↗

— Max Weber

#computations #even #good #head #himself

One can say that three pre-eminent qualities are decisive for the politician: passion, a feeling of responsibility, and a sense of proportion. ↗

— Max Weber

#feeling #passion #politician #proportion #qualities