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Igor Stravinsky

My childhood was a period of waiting for the moment when I could send everyone and everything connected with it to hell.

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Igor Stravinsky

Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end. www.english-slang.com

second childhood

[second childhood] {n. phr.} Senility; dotage. * /"Grandpa is in his second childhood; we must make allowances for him at the dinner table," my mother said, as Grandpa dropped food […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Igor Stravinsky

I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge. www.english-slang.com

Igor Stravinsky

Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning. www.english-slang.com

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Albert Einstein

I don't know how man will fight World War III, but I do know how they will fight World War IV; with sticks and stones.

be hard on

[be hard on] {v. phr.} To be strict or critical with another; be severe. * /"Don't be so hard on Jimmy," Tom said. "He is […]

tie up

[tie up] {v. phr.} 1. To show or stop the movement or action of; hinder; tangle. * /The crash of the two trucks tied up all […]

chip on one's shoulder

[chip on one's shoulder] {n. phr.}, {informal} A quarrelsome nature; readiness to be angered. * /He went through life with a […]

sit up with

[sit up with] {v. phr.} To be with; particularly to keep someone ill company. * /Mrs. Brown sat up with her sick husband all […]

Cardinal de Retz

(1613-1679), French politician Nothing sways the stupid more than arguments they can't understand.

Off the beaten road

[off the beaten road] {adj. phr.} See: [off the beaten track]