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I am in the present. I cannot know what tomorrow will bring forth. I can know only what the truth is for me today. That is what I am called upon to serve, and I serve it in all lucidity. ↗

— Igor Stravinsky

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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

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I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the variety of rhythm offer me opportunities that all of human genius will never exhaust. ↗

— Igor Stravinsky

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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

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I had to go on without my mother, even though I was suffering terribly, grieving her. ↗

— Cheryl Strayed

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Love or not, I wouldn't subject a wife to the road. It's punishment. ↗

— Billy Strayhorn

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Enough people write about me every day without even interviewing me. ↗

— Meryl Streep

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My family really does come first. It always did and always will. ↗