"People often thought Leopold Auer was Russian because he lived in St. Petersburg so long, almost fifty years."

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"The moment comes when a character does or says something you hadn't thought about. At that moment he's alive and you leave it to him."

Graham Greene, British Playwright

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"One great use of words is to hide our thoughts."

Voltaire, French Writer

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"Never underestimate the power of a simple thought."

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"Knowledge is intellectual art."

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"I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency."

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President

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"In Socrates' thought the two marks of individual self-consciousness appear; it is practical and it is social."

James Mark Baldwin, American Philosopher

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"I continued to study Math and Physics on my own, but one and a half years later I realized that I did want to be a composer, and after that I never changed my mind."

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"Well I live in Vienna with my wife and son, and I teach in Hamburg, there will be no changes in that respect."

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"In January 1944 I was called up by the Forced Labor Service, but I deserted on October 10, 1944."

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"Never underestimate the power of a simple thought."

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"If we should think, we should dwell on pure thoughts."

"Knowledge is life."

"I thought it completely absurd to mention my name in the same breath as the presidency."

"In Socrates' thought the two marks of individual self-consciousness appear; it is practical and it is social."

"I'm often asked what I think about as I run. Usually the people who ask this have never run long distances themselves. I always ponder the question. What exactly do I think about when I'm running? I don't have a clue."

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"I continued to study Math and Physics on my own, but one and a half years later I realized that I did want to be a composer, and after that I never changed my mind."

"When I was younger I was completely without money - when I was studying in Budapest, when I was a refugee."

"I write bars, for the musicians, because they have to be together."

"Well I live in Vienna with my wife and son, and I teach in Hamburg, there will be no changes in that respect."

"For the past ten years I have had no financial problems."

"In January 1944 I was called up by the Forced Labor Service, but I deserted on October 10, 1944."

"I like to stay home and listen to recordings."