On the shore of the wide world, I stand alone and think, till Love and Fame to nothingness do sink. (John Keats)

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I don't know whether I like it, but it is what I meant. (Ralph Vaughan Williams)
 

The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it. (George Orwell)
 

Life is made difficult for all of us, but we can always choose to make others' life easier. (Victor Chan)

Dream is beautiful but also dangerous. Sometimes it is beautiful because of its danger. (David Ho-yi Chan)

Therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee. (John Donne)
 

There is nothing new under the sun. (Ecclesiastes 1:9)

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A good composer does not imitate; he steals. (Igor Stravinsky)
 

Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds discuss people. (Eleanor Roosevelt)

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Here on this lowly ground, teach me how to repent; for that's as good as if thou hadst seal'd my pardon with thy blood. (John Donne)

Those who sow in tears shall reap in joy (Psalm 126:5)

The conductor's stand is not a continent of power, but rather an island of solitude. (Riccardo Muti)

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I gave Hope to the Dúnedain, I have kept no hope for myself. (J. R. R. Tolkien)