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Ludwig van Beethoven Quotes

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beethoven– “A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.”
– “Anyone who tells a lie has not a pure heart, and cannot make a good soup.”
– “Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?”
– “Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth.”
– “Friends applaud, the comedy is over.”
– “Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.”
– “Music is mediator between spiritual and sensual life.”
– “Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.”

– “Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.”

– “Music is the wine which inspires one to new generative processes, and I am Bacchus who presses out this glorious wine for mankind and makes them spiritually drunken.”

– “Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears form the eyes of woman.”

– “Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.”

– “Off with you! You’re a happy fellow, for you’ll give happiness and joy to many other people. There is nothing better or greater than that!”

– “Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.”

– “Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold.”

– “Recommend virtue to your children; it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience.”

– “The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, «Thus far and no farther.»”

– “This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble.”

– “Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes.”

– “What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by myself. There are and will be a thousand princes; there is only one Beethoven.”

Kurt Cobain Quotes

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cobain-kurt– “A friend is nothing but a known enemy.”
– “Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with with your self esteem.”
– “I bought a gun and chose drugs instead.”
– “I had a really good childhood up until I was nine, then a classic case of divorce really affected me.”
– “I really haven’t had that exciting of a life. There are a lot of things I wish I would have done, instead of just sitting around and complaining about having a boring life. So I pretty much like to make it up. I’d rather tell a story about somebody else.”
– “I started being really proud of the fact that I was gay even though I wasn’t.”

– “I was looking for something a lot heavier, yet melodic at the same time. Something different from heavy metal, a different attitude.”

– “I won’t eat anything green.”

– “I’d rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not.”

– “I’m so happy because today I found my friends – they’re in my head.”

– “I’m too busy acting like I’m not Naive. I’ve seen it all, I was here first.”

– “I’ve always had a problem with the average macho man – they’ve always been a threat to me.”

– “If it’s illegal to rock and roll, throw my ass in jail!”

– “If you die you’re completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I’m not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I’ve got.”

– “If you ever need anything please don’t hesitate to ask someone else first.”

– “It’s okay to eat fish because they don’t have any feelings.”

– “Punk is musical freedom. It’s saying, doing and playing what you want. In Webster’s terms, ‘nirvana’ means freedom from pain, suffering and the external world, and that’s pretty close to my definition of Punk Rock.”

– “Rather be dead than cool.”

– “The duty of youth is to challenge corruption.”

– “The worst crime is faking it.”

Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes

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Not necessity, not desire – no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything – health, food, a place to live, entertainment – they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike to wade into its waters.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Nothing is beautiful, only man: on this piece of naivete rests all aesthetics, it is the first truth of aesthetics. Let us immediately add its second: nothing is ugly but degenerate man – the domain of aesthetic judgment is therewith defined.

Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood.

On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.

Once spirit was God, then it became man, and now it is even becoming mob.

One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one is still alive.

One may sometimes tell a lie, but the grimace that accompanies it tells the truth.

One must still have chaos in oneself to be able to give birth to a dancing star.

One often contradicts an opinion when what is uncongenial is really the tone in which it was conveyed.

One ought to hold on to one’s heart; for if one lets it go, one soon loses control of the head too.

One should die proudly when it is no longer possible to live proudly.

Our treasure lies in the beehive of our knowledge. We are perpetually on the way thither, being by nature winged insects and honey gatherers of the mind.

Our vanity is hardest to wound precisely when our pride has just been wounded.

People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights.

Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.

Plato was a bore.

Regarding life, the wisest men of all ages have judged alike: it is worthless.

Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.

Eddie Murphy Funny Quotes

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eddie-murphy– “I don’t think more concentration is required for Robert De Niro to do what he does as for Jim Carrey to do what he does.”
– “I’d like to produce, direct, write, score, and star in a film in exactly the way Chaplin did. I’ll do that before I’m thirty.”
– “I’m 42 and the age of a guy who has kids, so I guess I’m playing right where I’m supposed to be. I’m comfortable with that, but in the same breath I’d do something edgy. If someone came to me and offered me an edgy and funny story, then I’d do it.”
– “I’m relaxed about my career. I’ve been making movies for over 20 years, so I’ve earned at least the right to relax.”
– “I’ve always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself.”

– “I’ve made 30 movies and for the most part my movies work. In a business where success is an exception and not the rule, I’ve mostly been successful.”

– “If I don’t die in a plane crash or something, this country has a rare opportunity to watch a great talent grow.”

– “In a movie like this, the relationship between the two guys is crucial. It sinks or swims on how these two guys are together. I think we did a good job.”

– “In the original script, my character was a basketball player rather than a boxer. I didn’t think I could pull that off. I’m a little short to be a basketball player!”

– “The economy in Ireland has been rampaging ahead for the last 15 years. Barring an international, political or natural catastrophe, things can only get better for the Irish.”

– “The thing about kids is that they express emotion. They don’t hold back. If they want to cry, they cry, and if they are in a good mood, they’re in a good mood.”

– “You know, making a movie is a collaborative effort and sometimes all the ingredients don’t work out. I know that every now and again I am going to make a movie that won’t work.”

Freddie Mercury from Queen Quotes

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– “A concert is not a live rendition of our album. It’s a theatrica! event.”
– “And, we have no such thing as a budget anymore. Our manager freaks when we show him the bill. We’re lavish to the bone, but all our money goes back into the product.”
– “Back in the old days, we were often compared to Led Zeppelin. If we did something with harmony, it was the Beach Hoys. Something heavy was Led Zeppelin.”
– “But, you know, we spent two years putting our act together.”
– “I always knew I was a star And now, the rest of the world seems to agree with me.”
– “I dress to kill, but tastefully.”
– “I got my diploma from Ealing College of Art, in graphics and illustration.”
– “I guess I’ve always lived the glamorous life of a star. It’s nothing new – I used to spend down to the last dime.”

– “I have fun with my clothes onstage; it’s not a concert you’re seeing, it’s a fashion show.”

– “I like to be surrounded by splendid things.”

– “I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics.”

– “I want to lead the Victorian life, surrounded by exquisite clutter.”

Freddie-Mercury– “I was never too keen on the British music press. They’ve called us a supermarket hype, and they used to suggest that we didn’t write our own songs.”

– “I won’t be a rock star. I will be a legend.”

– “I’m hopeless with money; I simply spend what I’ve got.”

– “I’m just a musical prostitute, my dear.”

– “I’m not into business at all.”

– “I’m very emotional; I think I may go mad in several years’ time.”

– “If we’re weird onstage, I don’t know what you’d call the Tubes.”

– “In the early days, we just wore black onstage. Very bold, my dear. Then we introduced white, for variety, and it simply grew and grew.”

Will Smith Quotes

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will-smith– “I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat.”
– “I don’t know what my calling is, but I want to be here for a bigger reason. I strive to be like the greatest people who have ever lived.”
– “I had to focus and create a character in Bagger Vance, not just do my ‘Will Smith’ thing and get paid.”
– “I try to speak my points of view about black America, and how I feel about black men and the role that black men should play in their lives with their children and in their lives with their women.”
– “If it was something that I really committed myself to, I don’t think there’s anything that could stop me becoming President of the United States.”
– “In my mind, I’ve always been an A-list Hollywood superstar. Y’all just didn’t know yet.”
– “It’s quite highly possible that I have peaked. I mean, I just can’t imagine what else I could do beyond this. It’s really a bittersweet kind of feeling.”

– “Money and success don’t change people; they merely amplify what is already there.”

– “My skin is hard when it comes to my music. But with my movies, I’m still a virgin in a lot of ways. I’m not used to being shot down for no reason.”

– “On learning to swim: I’m too big to have some woman hold my stomach and say «Now kick your feet.»”

– “There’s so much negative imagery of black fatherhood. I’ve got tons of friends that are doing the right thing by their kids, and doing the right thing as a father – and how come that’s not as newsworthy?”

– “Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too.”

– “Too many people spend money they haven’t earned, to buy things they don’t want, to impress people they don’t like.”

– “Well, all I know is what I read in the papers.”

– “You can cry, ain’t no shame in it.”

Hilarious Basketball Quotes

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– “I haven’t been able to slam-dunk the basketball for the past five years. Or, for the thirty-eight years before that, either.” – Dave Barry

– “Some things you just can’t question. Like you can’t question why two plus two is four. So don’t question it, don’t try to look it up. I don’t know who made it, all I know is it was put in my head that two plus two is four. So certain things happen. Why does it rain? Why am I so sexy? I don’t know.” – Shaquille O’Neal

– “The psychology instructor had just finished a lecture on mental health and was giving an oral test. Speaking about manic depression, she asked, ‘How would you diagnose a patient who walks back and forth screaming at the top of his lungs one minute, then sits in a chair weeping uncontrollably the next?’ A young man in the rear raised his hand and answered, ‘A basketball coach?'” – Old Basketball Joke

– “Mick Jagger is in better shape than far too many NBA players. It’s up in the air whether the same can be said of Keith Richards.” – Bill Walton

– “These are my new shoes. They’re good shoes. They won’t make you rich like me, they won’t make you rebound like me, they definitely won’t make you handsome like me. They’ll only make you have shoes like me. That’s it.” – Charles Barkley

– “This [basketball] is the second most exciting indoor sport, and the other one shouldn’t have spectators.” – Dick Vertleib

– “My sister’s expecting a baby, and I don’t know if I’m going to be an uncle or an aunt.” – Chuck Nevitt, North Carolina State basketball player, explaining to Coach Jim Valvano why he appeared nervous at practice

– “I told him, ‘Son, what is it with you? Is it ignorance or apathy?’ He said, ‘Coach, I don’t know and I don’t care.” – Frank Layden, Utah Jazz president, on a former player

– “What is so fascinating about sitting around watching a bunch of pituitary cases stuff a ball through a hoop?” – Woody Allen

– “I knew I was dog meat. Luckily, I’m the high-priced dog meat that everybody wants. I’m the good-quality dog meat. I’m the Alpo of the NBA.” – Shaquille O’Neal

– “We can’t win at home. We can’t win on the road. As general manager, I just can’t figure out where else to play.” – Pat Williams, Orlando Magic general manager, on his team’s 7-27 record in 1992

– “We have a great bunch of outside shooters. Unfortunately, all our games are played indoors.” – Weldon Drew

– “There are really only two plays: Romeo and Juliet, and put the darn ball in the basket.” – Abe Lemons

– “We’re shooting 100 percent – 60 percent from the field and 40 percent from the free-throw line.” – Norm Stewart

– “That’s a terrible defensive effort by Robert Horry. He didn’t even make it difficult for Rasheed Wallace to score.”
Snapper: “Well, what do you expect? Earlier you said that Wallace could be one of the best players in the game, and now you want Robert Horry to guard him one-on-one?”
Bill: “No, I said that Rasheed could be the best player in the game.” – Bill Walton & Snapper Jones

Best Quotes about music

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– “If music be the food of love, play on; /Give me excess of it that, surfeiting, / The appetite may sicken and so die.” – Shakespeare

– “There is only one better thing than music – live music.” – Jacek Bukowski

– “After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.” – Aldous Huxley

– “Hell is full of musical amateurs: music is the brandy of the damned.” – George Bernard Shaw

– “I hate music, especially when it’s played.” – Jimmy Durante

– “I think I should have no other mortal wants, if I could always have plenty of music. It seems to infuse strength into my limbs and ideas into my brain. Life seems to go on without effort, when I am filled with music.” – George Eliot

– “Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” – Victor Hugo

– “Music is a discipline, and a mistress of order and good manners, she makes the people milder and gentler, more moral and more reasonable.” – Martin Luther

– “Music is what I love and it’s what I feel and it’s in me and to know that I can do something that I enjoy and hopefully bring some enjoyment to other people through is an incredible felling and I am just really thankful for it.” – Mariah Carey

– “Music makes one feel so romantic – at least it always gets on one’s nerves – which is the same thing nowadays.” – Oscar Wilde

– “There is no feeling, except the extremes of fear and grief, that does not find relief in music.” – George Eliot

– “The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, «Is there a meaning to music?» My answer would be, «Yes.» And «Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?» My answer to that would be, «No.»” – Aaron Copland

Best Michael Jackson Quotes

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michael-jackson– “And my goal in life is to give to the world what I was lucky to receive: the ecstasy of divine union through my music and my dance.” – Michael Jackson
– “In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe.” – Michael Jackson
– “The meaning of life is contained in every single expression of life. It is present in the infinity of forms and phenomena that exist in all of creation.” – Michael Jackson

– “If you enter this world knowing you are loved and you leave this world knowing the same, then everything that happens in between can be dealt with.” – Michael Jackson

– “I will say again that I have never, and would never, harm a child. It sickens me that people have written untrue things about me.” – Michael Jackson

– “People who grew up as child stars have the same thing in common. You’re cute, they love you; you go through the awkward stage, they don’t accept you any more. Very few make the transition to adult star.” – Michael Jackson

– “I believe in my heart that the music community will come together as one and rally to the aid of thousands of innocent victims, … There is a tremendous need for relief dollars right now and through this effort each one of us can play an immediate role in helping comfort so many people.” – Michael Jackson

– “Everyone who knows me will know the truth, which is that my children come first in my life and that I would never harm any child.” – Michael Jackson

– “It pains me to watch the human suffering taking place in the Gulf region of my country.” – Michael Jackson

The Beatles Famous Quotes

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the-beatles– “That guitar is okay but you’ll never make a living with it” – John’s Aunt Mimi
– “What does it mean when a person is such a pacifist that they get shot? I can never understand that.” – John Lennon
– “We thought that if we lasted for two to three years that would be fantastic.” – Ringo Starr
– “When you’re drowning, you don’t say «I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me», you just scream.” – John Lennon, 1970
– “I am alive and well and unconcerned about the rumors of my death. But if I were dead, I would be the last to know.” – Paul McCartney, 1969
– “I’m a tidy sort of bloke. I don’t like chaos. I kept records in the record rack, tea in the tea caddy, and pot in the pot box.” – George Harrison, 1969

– “The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one” – The Catcher in the Rye

– “Life is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans” – John Lennon

– “We all have Hitler in us, but we also have love and peace. So why not give peace a chance for once?” – John Lennon

– “I think people who truly can live a life in music are telling the world, «You can have my love, you can have my smiles. Forget the bad parts, you don’t need them. Just take the music, the goodness, because it’s the very best, and it’s the part I give most willingly»” – George Harrison

– “I am not the Beatles. I’m me.Paul isn’t the Beatles…The Beatles are the Beatles. Separately, they are separate.” – John Lennon

– “The things is, we’re all really the same person. We’re just four parts of the one.” – Paul McCartney

– “John had his thing, and Paul had his, and together there were two different things all together. But they fit.” – Billy Preston

– “When I was about twelve, I used to think I must be a genius, but nobody’s noticed. If there is such a thing as a genius…I am one, and if there isn’t, I don’t care.” – John Lennon

“As far as I’m concerned, there won’t be a Beatles reunion as long as John Lennon remains dead.” – George Harrison

– “Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn’t argue with that; I’m right and will be proved right. We’re more popular than Jesus now; I don’t know which will go first – rock and roll or Christianity.” – John Lennon in a 1966 interview

– “I’m not saying we’re better or greater, or comparing us with Jesus Christ as a person, or God as a thing, or whatever it is. I just said what I said, and it was wrong, or it was taken wrong. And now it’s all this.” – John Lennon

– “There’s a lot of random in our songs…writing, thinking, letting others think of bits-then bam, you’ve the jigsaw puzzle.” – Paul McCartney

– “Love is like a flower, give it time and it will grow” – John Lennon