"My mother's background was Scottish. She came from an old family, some of whom lived in upper New York State and some of whom had come over from Scotland."

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"My mother's background was Scottish. She came from an old family, some of whom lived in upper New York State and some of whom had come over from Scotland."

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"Never give up your wife, husband, children and families. Believe that people can change. Give others opportunity to change."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Blessed is the womb that born you."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"Father, I know you will hear me, I will speak."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"When we sat down on the couch again, you curled up against my side, like you used to when you were a tod."

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"Children are angels."

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"We come into the world through a man and a woman. But life blessings us with many fathers and mothers."

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"Wrapped in a mother's love is the most beautiful and safest place on earth for a child."

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"The real beauty of a house is always the happiness inside that house!"

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"No, no, I didn't know him. He lost his mind around 1917 because of the tragedy of the Armenians."

Mind

"There were periods when I sometimes made fires in a large, open fireplace that lasted about two weeks, which was how long it took to burn my compositions. So there has been an awful lot that I have destroyed."

Open

"I was much more interested in the orchestra than the piano, but I did become fairly proficient as a pianist and my teachers felt I had talent and wanted me to become a good concert pianist and earn my living that way."

Talent

"I found a greater identity with my own emotions in the Armenian culture as I grew older, as well as from the beginning, although I didn't know anything about it."

Beginning

"This is not to say that the Scots are not fine people, but they were all sort of... well, my grandfather was a minister and sort of Protestant, and this was rather depressing to me."

People

"It's hard for me to think of others because I'm not particularly in sympathy with the music of this century."

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"I was born in Somerville, but I don't remember very much about it because we moved from there to Arlington when I was five years old, and it was in Arlington that I spent most of my childhood."

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"Never give up your wife, husband, children and families. Believe that people can change. Give others opportunity to change."

"Blessed is the womb that born you."

"Father, I know you will hear me, I will speak."

"When we sat down on the couch again, you curled up against my side, like you used to when you were a tod."

"Children are angels."

"We come into the world through a man and a woman. But life blessings us with many fathers and mothers."

"Wrapped in a mother's love is the most beautiful and safest place on earth for a child."

"A new baby is a bundle of hope, a smiling imagination, and a dancing dreams."

"The real beauty of a house is always the happiness inside that house!"

"A philanderer cannot be a parent - a parent cannot be a philanderer."

Explore more quotes by Alan Hovhaness

"No, no, I didn't know him. He lost his mind around 1917 because of the tragedy of the Armenians."

"There were periods when I sometimes made fires in a large, open fireplace that lasted about two weeks, which was how long it took to burn my compositions. So there has been an awful lot that I have destroyed."

"I was much more interested in the orchestra than the piano, but I did become fairly proficient as a pianist and my teachers felt I had talent and wanted me to become a good concert pianist and earn my living that way."

"I found a greater identity with my own emotions in the Armenian culture as I grew older, as well as from the beginning, although I didn't know anything about it."

"This is not to say that the Scots are not fine people, but they were all sort of... well, my grandfather was a minister and sort of Protestant, and this was rather depressing to me."

"It's hard for me to think of others because I'm not particularly in sympathy with the music of this century."

"I was born in Somerville, but I don't remember very much about it because we moved from there to Arlington when I was five years old, and it was in Arlington that I spent most of my childhood."

"I've always regarded nature as the clothing of God."

"I did all kinds of things in order to earn a living."

"There is nothing like practice."