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Small: I do not think that I am a person who cannot be trusted
"I do not think that I am a person who cannot be trusted"
Bela Kun, Politician
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Small: As to Magyar, I think that my speech was incorrect, inappropriate
"As to Magyar, I think that my speech was incorrect, inappropriate"
Bela Kun, Politician
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Small: Television is something the Russians invented to destroy American education
"Television is something the Russians invented to destroy American education"
Paul Erdos, Mathematician
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Small: For yesterday and for all tomorrows, we dance the best we know
"For yesterday and for all tomorrows, we dance the best we know"
Kate Seredy, Writer
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Small: The classical example of a successful research programme is Newtons gravitational theory: possibly the most su
"The classical example of a successful research programme is Newton's gravitational theory: possibly the most successful research programme ever"
Imre Lakatos, Philosopher
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Small: Our empirical criterion for a series of theories is that it should produce new facts. The idea of growth and t
"Our empirical criterion for a series of theories is that it should produce new facts. The idea of growth and the concept of empirical character are soldered into one"
Imre Lakatos, Philosopher
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Small: But you dont get into a business because of personal tastes
"But you don't get into a business because of personal tastes"
Peter Munk, Businessman
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Small: Without any assistance whatever, I founded a school in Weimar in 10 years. Only I could perform certain works
"Without any assistance whatever, I founded a school in Weimar in 10 years. Only I could perform certain works with the scanty means that I dared not ask anyone else to work with"
Franz Liszt, Composer
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Small: The character of instrumental music... lets the emotions radiate and shine in their own character without pres
"The character of instrumental music... lets the emotions radiate and shine in their own character without presuming to display them as real or imaginary representations"
Franz Liszt, Composer
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Small: I foster a sorrowful conception of affection. Make no sacrifices
"I foster a sorrowful conception of affection. Make no sacrifices"
Franz Liszt, Composer
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Small: The Hungarian ministry begged the king earnestly to issue orders to all troops and commanders of fortresses in
"The Hungarian ministry begged the king earnestly to issue orders to all troops and commanders of fortresses in Hungary, enjoining fidelity to the Constitution, and obedience to the ministers of Hungary"
Lajos Kossuth, Lawyer
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Small: Neutrality, as a lasting principle, is an evidence of weakness
"Neutrality, as a lasting principle, is an evidence of weakness"
Lajos Kossuth, Lawyer
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Small: I must therefore implore your indulgence for a pretty long and plain development of my views concerning that c
"I must therefore implore your indulgence for a pretty long and plain development of my views concerning that cause which the citizens of New York, and you particularly, gentlemen, honour with generous interest"
Lajos Kossuth, Lawyer
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Small: I consider no man honest who does not observe towards other nations the principles which he desires to be obse
"I consider no man honest who does not observe towards other nations the principles which he desires to be observed towards his own: and therefore I will not interfere in your domestic questions"
Lajos Kossuth, Lawyer
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Small: I came not to your glorious shores to enjoy a happy rest - I came not to gather triumphs of personal distincti
"I came not to your glorious shores to enjoy a happy rest - I came not to gather triumphs of personal distinction, but as a humble petitioner, in my country's name, as its freely chosen constitutional leader, to entreat your generous aid"
Lajos Kossuth, Lawyer
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Small: As the mother teaches her children how to express themselves in their language, so one Gypsy musician teaches
"As the mother teaches her children how to express themselves in their language, so one Gypsy musician teaches the other. They have never shown any need for notation"
Franz Liszt, Composer
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Small: The eating of burning brimstone is an entirely fake performance
"The eating of burning brimstone is an entirely fake performance"
Harry Houdini, Entertainer
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Small: In all feats of fire-eating it should be noted that the head is thrown well back, so that the flame may pass o
"In all feats of fire-eating it should be noted that the head is thrown well back, so that the flame may pass out of the open mouth instead of up into the roof, as it would if the head were held naturally"
Harry Houdini, Entertainer
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Small: Truth is a great flirt
"Truth is a great flirt"
Franz Liszt, Composer
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Small: Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts an
"Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words"
Franz Liszt, Composer
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Small: Beware of missing chances otherwise it may be altogether too late some day
"Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day"
Franz Liszt, Composer
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Small: The conductors gift does not always go hand in hand with that of composition indeed, the union is found much m
Anton Seidl
"The conductor's gift does not always go hand in hand with that of composition; indeed, the union is found much more seldom than is popularly believed"
Anton Seidl, Musician
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Small: The composers could no longer direct all performances in person, and so the responsibility of interpreting the
Anton Seidl
"The composers could no longer direct all performances in person, and so the responsibility of interpreting their works in the spirit in which they had been conceived was placed upon conductors"
Anton Seidl, Musician
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Small: I have often heard the statement made by foreign singers, as a demonstrated fact, that the German artists are
Anton Seidl
"I have often heard the statement made by foreign singers, as a demonstrated fact, that the German artists are artists in feeling indeed, and serious in their devotion, but that their singing is crude"
Anton Seidl, Musician
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Small: America does not need gorgeous halls and concert rooms for its musical development, but music schools with com
Anton Seidl
"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"
Anton Seidl, Musician
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Small: It is one of the maladies of our age to profess a frenzied allegiance to truth in unimportant matters, to refu
"It is one of the maladies of our age to profess a frenzied allegiance to truth in unimportant matters, to refuse consistently to face her where graver issues are at stake"
Janos Arany, Journalist
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Small: One must do no violence to nature, nor model it in conformity to any blindly formed chimera
"One must do no violence to nature, nor model it in conformity to any blindly formed chimera"
Janos Bolyai, Mathematician
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Small: Competitions are for horses, not artists
"Competitions are for horses, not artists"
Bela Bartok, Composer
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Small: The experience awakened my tremendous musical ambition, which has never subsided to this day
"The experience awakened 'my tremendous musical ambition, which has never subsided to this day"
Georg Solti, Musician
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Small: The academy gave me a grounding in discipline and hard work that has sustained me throughout my life, and the
"The academy gave me a grounding in discipline and hard work that has sustained me throughout my life, and the lessons I learned there I now try to impress on young people"
Georg Solti, Musician
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Small: God may not play dice with the universe, but something strange is going on with the prime numbers
"God may not play dice with the universe, but something strange is going on with the prime numbers"
Paul Erdos, Mathematician
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Small: Singing connected with movements and action is a much more ancient, and, at the same time, more complex phenom
"Singing connected with movements and action is a much more ancient, and, at the same time, more complex phenomenon than is a simple song"
Zoltan Kodaly, Composer
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Small: My personal influence in the Revolutionary Governing Council is such that the dictatorship of the proletariat
"My personal influence in the Revolutionary Governing Council is such that the dictatorship of the proletariat is firmly established, since the masses are backing me"
Bela Kun, Politician
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Small: Property is a nuisance
"Property is a nuisance"
Paul Erdos, Mathematician
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Small: I hope well be able to solve these problems before we leave
"I hope we'll be able to solve these problems before we leave"
Paul Erdos, Mathematician
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Small: Kill the snake of doubt in your soul, crush the worms of fear in your heart and mountains will move out of you
"Kill the snake of doubt in your soul, crush the worms of fear in your heart and mountains will move out of your way"
Kate Seredy, Writer
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Small: The positive heuristic of the programme saves the scientist from becoming confused by the ocean of anomalies
"The positive heuristic of the programme saves the scientist from becoming confused by the ocean of anomalies"
Imre Lakatos, Philosopher
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Small: Real art is one of the most powerful forces in the rise of mankind, and he who renders it accessible to as man
"Real art is one of the most powerful forces in the rise of mankind, and he who renders it accessible to as many people as possible is a benefactor of humanity"
Zoltan Kodaly, Composer
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Small: I would advise my young colleagues, the composers of symphonies, to drop in sometimes at the kindergarten, too
"I would advise my young colleagues, the composers of symphonies, to drop in sometimes at the kindergarten, too. It is there that it is decided whether there will be anybody to understand their works in twenty years' time"
Zoltan Kodaly, Composer
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Small: The power that is supported by force alone will have cause often to tremble
"The power that is supported by force alone will have cause often to tremble"
Lajos Kossuth, Lawyer
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