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When I was 20, Shostakovich was my favorite composer. I still find his Fifth Symphony wonderful, with its outstanding themes and rhythms. That's the piece that made me want to be a classical composer. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

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I think, like many others, I realized that only the massive introduction of American support in one form or another, could possibly bring about a rehabilitation of the economies of those countries within a reasonable time. ↗

— David Bruce

#american #another #bring #could #countries

The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them. ↗

— Lenny Bruce

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In politics, the reaction to a controversy is very often more enlightening and important than the details of the allegations themselves. ↗

— Tammy Bruce

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Then one day I thought it would be wonderful to make a whole book, to make my text and my drawings together, and that's how I started doing children's books. ↗

— Dick Bruna

#books #children #day #doing #drawings

What is the appropriate behavior for a man or a woman in the midst of this world, where each person is clinging to his piece of debris? What's the proper salutation between people as they pass each other in this flood? ↗

— Buddha

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If I knew what makes a movie catch on then I'd make hit after hit. ↗

— Jerry Bruckheimer

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If you have a crisis, whether on a ship or wherever, there are heroes who rise above it. ↗

— Jerry Bruckheimer

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We want to create these dramatic situations, whether they are real or not, to entertain audiences. ↗

— Jerry Bruckheimer

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Life can't be all bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven sonatas and listen to them for ten years. ↗