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Arvo Part Quotes (5 quotes)
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 | “I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.” ―Groucho Marx Source/Notes: Earliest attribution found in: The Brethren Evangelist, Vol. XCIV, January 1, 1972, No. 1 |
 | “Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear.” ―Ezra Pound Source/Notes: ABC of Reading (1934) |
 | “Human beings are so made that the ones who do the crushing feel nothing; it is the person crushed who feels what is happening. Unless one has placed oneself on the side of the oppressed, to feel with them, one cannot understand.” ―Simone Weil Source/Notes: To her pupils at Roanne in 1934. As reported in "Utopian pessimist: the life and thought of Simone Weil" (Poseidon Press, 1990) by David McLellan, p. 93 |
 | “Never give in — never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.” ―Winston Churchill Source/Notes: Speech given at Harrow School, Harrow, England, October 29, 1941. |
 | “Hegel … said that the owl of Minerva flies at dusk, meaning that only when a culture is over can it be understood. Hegel's moment of understanding of the West coincided with its end.” ―Allan Bloom Source/Notes: The Closing of the American Mind (1987) |
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Arvo Part
Born: September 11, 1935 (age 83)
Nationality: Estonian
Occupation: Composer
Bio: Arvo Pärt is an Estonian classical composer and one of the most prominent living composers of sacred music. Since the late 1970s, Pärt has worked in a minimalist style that employs his self-invented compositional technique, tintinnabuli. His music also takes inspiration from Gregorian chant.
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