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- 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 (1900 - 1990)
- I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
- Charles De Gaulle (1890 - 1970)
- It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.
- Peter De Vries, "The Mackerel Plaza," 1958
- The case has, in some respects, been not entirely devoid of interest.
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930), (Sherlock Holmes)
- ...when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth.
- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930), (Sherlock Holmes)
- I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world.
- Georges Duhamel (1884 - 1966)
- The thing that impresses me the most about America is the way parents obey their children.
- King Edward VIII (1894 - 1972)
- The whole world is in revolt. Soon there will be only five Kings left--the King of England, the King of Spades, The King of Clubs, the King of Hearts, and the King of Diamonds.
- King Farouk of Egypt (1920 - 1965), 1948
- Some weasel took the cork out of my lunch.
- W. C. Fields (1880 - 1946)
- The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
- F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896 - 1940), "The Crack-Up" (1936)
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