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Virgil Thomson

"Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And a third time to figure out whether you like it or not."

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"In Paris, you learn wit, in London you learn to crush your social rivals, and in Florence you learn poise."
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"I never learned to verbalize an abstract musical concept. No thank you. The whole point of being a serious musician is to avoid verbalization whenever you can."
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