We have youth orchestras (always led by veteran conductors). I’d be interested in hearing a concert with musicians all over 65. Chamber music ensembles that have been together for decades only seem to improve, like fine wine.
“Nothing cures a fantasy like a quick dose of reality.” – Nick Nolte, in “Nightwatch” 1997, written by Ole Bornedal
On New York City: “They created a lot of grand palaces here, but they forgot to create the noblemen to put in them.” – attributed to Thoreau by Robert Riskin, screenplay writer for “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town” (1936), though I have not actually found this quotation in any book by Thoreau.
One of his most impressive abilities was that he could stand so perfectly still, not flinching at bugs, and do this for so long that wild animals would approach and sniff him.
Someone once said, “The greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century was the breakup of the Soviet Union.” According to some translations, he said “demise,” according to others “collapse.” But that’s not the word that needs correcting. To make the statement true, it should read: The greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century was the creation of the Soviet Union.
Hitler’s rise was powered by outside two forces (in addition to his personality): Loathing of the Jews and hatred of communism. If there is no USSR, the source of half his power is much reduced. Unlikely that he could have ridden to the chancellorship on the anti-Semitic horse alone.
“The world is a book, and those who do not travel, read only a page.” – St. Augustine
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