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Helen Epstein, writing in the New York Times ("Learning the'Impossible' Art of Conducting," 1981), states that conductors
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“For I believe that much of a man’s character will be found betokened in his backbone.”
― Moby Dick
― Moby Dick
“Oh, man! admire and model thyself after the whale! Do thou, too, remain warm among ice. Do thou, too, live in this world without being of it. Be cool at the equator; keep thy blood fluid at the Pole. Like the great dome of St. Peter’s, and like the great whale, retain, O man! in all seasons a temperature of thine own.”
― Moby-Dick
― Moby-Dick
“Why I do believe that’s old Jane Marple. Thought she was dead years ago. Looks a hundred.”
― At Bertram's Hotel
― At Bertram's Hotel
“What’s his name?” “Hercule Poirot.” “I’ve heard of him. I thought he was dead.” “He’s not dead. But I have a feeling he’s bored. That’s worse.”
― The Clocks
― The Clocks
“for there is no folly of the beasts of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men.”
― Moby Dick: or, the White Whale
― Moby Dick: or, the White Whale
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