#classic

Both parents were very encouraging - especially my father. My father thought the sun rose and set with me. Neither one had a musical background or any musical talent. They liked classical music, but neither could carry a tune. ↗

— Gordon Getty

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The clever, albeit fragile, coalition against terrorism brought together by the U.S. government might be able to advance the transition from classical international law to a cosmopolitan order. ↗

— Jurgen Habermas

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We played in bars and other such establishments and anywhere where people would listen. Sometimes they did, and sometimes not. The outfits we wore were classics of the 50's. ↗

— Phil Harris

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My purpose is to have American Jews look away from the success story with which they've cheered themselves up, and to have them remember the classical tradition, whatever it is. ↗

— Arthur Hertzberg

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Sir, if you were my husband, I would poison your drink." "Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it." Exchange between Lady Astor and Winston Churchill— ↗

— Winston Churchill

#classic-insult #drunk #wife

I like to listen to classical music... I like mainline jazz. ↗

— Herb Alpert

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I am deeply devoted to the 27,000 songs I can take anywhere on my iPod Classic as well as the exquisitely engineered MacBook Air on which I typed this column. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#am #anywhere #classic #column #deeply

Classical, Romantic, and Baroque music, that's what I really like. ↗

— Joan Armatrading

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There's no question that Whale's movies are classics. They were wonderful, and successful. ↗

— Bill Condon

#movies #question #successful #were #whale

I like things that are kind of eclectic, when one thing doesn't go with another. That's why I love Rome. The town itself is that way. It's where Fascist architecture meets classic Renaissance, where the ancient bangs up against the contemporary. It has a touch of everything. That's my style, and that's what my work is about. ↗

— Giambattista Valli

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