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Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody. - Benjamin Franklin My words fly up, my thoughts remain below; Words without thoughts never to heaven go. - William Shakespeare Politics is more dangerous than war, for in war you are only killed once. - Winston Churchill Success is never found. Failure is never fatal. Courage is the only thing. - Winston Churchill Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon 'em. - William Shakespeare If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. - Mother Teresa

Old age is a time of humiliations, the most disagreeable of which, for me, is that I cannot work long at sustained high pressure with no leaks in concentration.

- Igor Stravinsky | Aging and Old Age Quotes

Childhood - a period of waiting for the moment when I could send everyone and everything connected with it to hell.

- Igor Stravinsky | Children and Childhood Quotes

Conformism is so hot on the heels of the mass-produced avant-garde that the 'ins' and the 'outs' change places with the speed of mach 3.

- Igor Stravinsky | Fashion Quotes

Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.

- Igor Stravinsky | Music Quotes

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

- Igor Stravinsky | Music Quotes

Music is given to us specifically to make order of things, to move from an anarchic, individualistic state to a regulated, perfectly concious one, which alone insures vitality and durability.

- Igor Stravinsky | Music Quotes

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.

- Igor Stravinsky | The Present Quotes