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Quotes by Hungarian Authors
"The experience awakened 'my tremendous musical ambition, which has never subsided to this day."
"Hungary is, in a word, in a state of WAR against the Hapsburg dynasty, a war of legitimate defence, by which alone it can ever regain independence and freedom."
"I hope we'll be able to solve these problems before we leave."
"If even in science there is no a way of judging a theory but by assessing the number, faith and vocal energy of its supporters, then this must be even more so in the social sciences: truth lies in power."
"I can only hope that neither of my daughters was scarred by their upbringing."
"Cigarettes are not a part of human behaviour, they are a habit."
"A living cell requires energy not only for all its functions, but also for the maintenance of its structure."
"Admittedly, scientific authority is not distributed evenly throughout the body of scientists; some distinguished members of the profession predominate over others of a more junior standing."
"An open society is a society which allows its members the greatest possible degree of freedom in pursuing their interests compatible with the interests of others."
"There is at least one point in the history of any company when you have to change dramatically to rise to the next level of performance. Miss that moment - and you start to decline."
"Of course language manifests a belief only if we use its words with the implied acceptance of their appositeness."
"I think a composer is always interested in his last work."
"The people currently in charge have forgotten the first principle of an open society, namely that we may be wrong and that there has to be free discussion. That it's possible to be opposed to the policies without being unpatriotic."
"Leaders have to act more quickly today. The pressure comes much faster."
"I do not truly consider myself an icon, but the Cube has been quite successful."
"I was born and trained to communicate music, just as the sons were born and trained to hunt, and I was lucky to have grown up in Hungary, a country that lives and breathes music-that has a passionate belief in the power of music as a celebration of life."
"I learned, too, how it was possible with the help of the picture and action to transform an apparently insignificant violin passage into an incident, and to lift a simple horn call into a thing of stupendous significance by means of scenic emphasis."
"Perhaps the better word is emotional yes, I am an emotional man."
"I'm not exactly an Einstein, so I compensate by being more focused."
"To do so, we are creating a Fairness for Switzerland Committee that will not only disseminate some of the facts, but also protect a relationship that is important to all of us in North America."
"I hold that the propositions embodied in natural science are not derived by any definite rule from the data of experience, and that they can neither be verified nor falsified by experience according to any definite rule."
"My title is intended to suggest that the community of scientists is organized in a way which resembles certain features of a body politic and works according to economic principles similar to those by which the production of material goods is regulated."
"For yesterday and for all tomorrows, we dance the best we know."
"If I'd known how old I was going to be I'd have taken better care of myself."
"The time draws near, when a radical change must take place for the whole world in the management of diplomacy."
"Just as we could have rode into the sunset, along came the Internet, and it tripled the significance of the PC."
"I address myself to the Communists, to those Communists who were prompted to join the Party by the progressive ideas of mankind and socialism, and not by selfish personal interests - let us represent our pure and just ideas by pure and just means."
"We'll take a five-minute break while I go give myself hell."
"America does not need gorgeous halls and concert rooms for its musical development, but music schools with competent teachers, and many, very many, free scholarships for talented young disciples who are unable to pay the expense of study."
"If the world operates as one big market, every employee will compete with every person anywhere in the world who is capable of doing the same job. There are lots of them and many of them are hungry."
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