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"The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self. And the arbitrariness of the constraint serves only to obtain precision of execution."
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"But here I should imagine the most terrible part of the whole punishment is, not the bodily pain at all-but the certain knowledge that in an hour, then in ten minutes, then in half a minute, then now-this very instant-your soul must quit your body and that you will no longer be a man-and that this is certain, certain!"

"Everyone is pretty good at learning. Very few are good at doing."

"A good review from the critics is just another stay of execution."

"There's nothing so improves the mood of the Party as the imminent execution of a senior colleague."

"When you shoot someone who is fleeing, it's not self-defense. It's an execution."

"The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self. And the arbitrariness of the constraint serves only to obtain precision of execution."
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"Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody's piano playing in my living room has on the book I am reading."

"Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning."

"Conductors' careers are made for the most part with 'Romantic' music. 'Classic' music eliminates the conductor; we do not remember him in it."
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