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"Stravinsky is masterly: his harmony is conceived so precisely that it can only be the way it is."
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"To achieve peace let go of: guilt, anger, and bitterness. To achieve happiness embrace: virtue, faith, and love."
"End the eternal battle of beliefs once and for all. If you are a believer, love your fellow non-believer for all the good things he or she has to offer. And if you are an atheist, then love your fellow believer for all the positivity he or she possesses."
"In this world, all that which is on the outside, is also within! Faults that are seen on the outside [in other people] are the very faults that lie within [our own self]. The universe (Brahmand) that is on the outside is also within. When matters are settled with everyone on the outside, everything within will get settled. Thereafter none within will have complaints."
"When the head tries to rule the heart, emotion poisons it."
"If we understand each other, we can live together in harmony."
"The mind is a temple of knowledge, the heart is a temple of understanding, and the soul is a temple of wisdom; together they are a temple of enlightenment."
"If someone doesn't like what you bring to the table in a relationship, let them eat alone."
"As a scientist who deals with the deepest secrets of human mind, I know very well that global harmony is something that cannot be truly achieved in a few millennia. Yet it is the most glorious cause worth fighting for as a true sapiens. And I shall keep working for it relentlessly through thousands of generations yet to come."
"Make a little effort to give up your insignificant quarrels and eventually a better world will follow."
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"Pulse as an active means of expression, Stravinsky and Beethoven are the two masters of that."
"There is more openness in LA to possibilities than on the East Coast of America. There is a pioneering spirit there that stems from the reason people went out there in the first place-to find something new."
"There will have to be times when I'm not conducting because I'm composing. I haven't solved that problem, and perhaps I never will."
Will,
"As we watch TV or films, there are no organic transitions, only edits. The idea of A becoming B, rather than A jumping to B, has become foreign."
Idea,
"Orchestras have become used to the emphasis on the separation of layers, of the ultimate precision and clarity."
"My music wouldn't sound the way it does if I hadn't had the experience of conducting."
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