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At the age when Bengali youth almost inevitably writes poetry, I was listening to European classical music. ↗

— Satyajit Ray

#almost #bengali #classical #classical music #european

It is the duty of our men to enroll themselves in the national services. We need all our manpower for defence. For the military and... we need a quarter of a million men. ↗

— Eamon de Valera

#duty #enroll #manpower #men #military

I live in the rural area of North Georgia, so for me, those are these best days. It has little to do with humans and mostly to do with nature and what surrounds me. ↗

— Amy Ray

#best #days #georgia #humans #i

For Debussy the musician and the man I have had profound admiration, but by nature I'm different from him. I think I have always personally followed a direction opposed to that of the symbolism of Debussy. ↗

— Maurice Ravel

#always #debussy #different #direction #followed

Scholarship was one thing, drudgery another. I very soon concluded that nothing would induce me to read, let alone make notes on, hundreds and hundreds of very, very, very boring books. ↗

— Simon Raven

#another #books #boring #concluded #drudgery

I loved the Army as an institution and loathed every single thing it required me to do. ↗

— Simon Raven

#every #i #institution #loathed #loved

Nobody minded what you did in bed or what you said about God, a very civilized attitude in 1948. ↗

— Simon Raven

#attitude #bed #civilized #did #god

American education has been littered with failed fads and foolish ideas for the past century. ↗

— Diane Ravitch

#been #century #education #fads #failed

Isobel moved farther into the kitchen, not knowing whether to be relieved that her mother hadn't had an atomic meltdown, or mortified that she'd taken it upon herself to play head chef with the nearest thing Trenton High had to a Dark Lord. ↗

— Kelly Creagh

#isobel #nevermore #varen #funny

You have another little drink, and I'll have another little drink, and maybe we can work up some real family feeling here. ↗

— Irving Ravetch

#drink #family #feeling #here #i