#tho

When a work lifts your spirits and inspires bold and noble thoughts in you, do not look for any other standard to judge by: the work is good, the product of a master craftsman. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#bold #craftsman #good #inspires #judge

But we discovered that, although I liked publishing, the commercial side meant nothing at all to me. ↗

— Dick Bruna

#commercial #discovered #i #liked #me

Although approximately 80% of osteoporosis sufferers are women, as the longevity of the male population increases, the disease will assume increasing importance in men. ↗

— Gro Harlem Brundtland

#approximately #assume #disease #importance #increases

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#first #make #shortness #their #those

The President has a quick and able mind, though not everybody gives him that, not by a long shot. ↗

— Herman Wouk

#everybody #gives #him #long #long shot

We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed at all. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#dying #fear #happy #having #laugh

We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#alive #almost #cowardly #dangerous #dead

We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#being #being happy #dying #fear #happy

To some degree, yeah, because I have to play a certain number of originals that might be considered avant-garde material. I realize though, that only a few people in the audience actually know what that music is, or understand it. ↗

— Archie Shepp

#audience #avant-garde #because #certain #considered

I've heard though that there is a younger generation of tonal French composers who are reacting with vigour. ↗

— Gavin Bryars

#french #generation #heard #i #reacting