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A man has honor if he holds himself to an ideal of conduct though it is inconvenient, unprofitable, or dangerous to do so. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

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The principal task of a conductor is not to put himself in evidence but to disappear behind his functions as much as possible. We are pilots, not servants. ↗

— Franz Liszt

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I find little in the works of Beethoven, Berlioz, Wagner and others when they are led by a conductor who functions like a windmill. ↗

— Franz Liszt

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We need improvement in the style of performance. There is no more advantage in a musician who plays and conducts than in one who is only a beater of rhythm. ↗

— Franz Liszt

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When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but from repentance he needs no chastisement. When the tears begin to flow from the grief of their conduct you can be sure there is an angel nestling in their heart. ↗

— Horace Mann

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Education alone can conduct us to that enjoyment which is, at once, best in quality and infinite in quantity. ↗

— Horace Mann

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Well as I said in France I didn't get auditions, and it's very difficult to get an agent in France because they conduct the business in a strange way. ↗

— Berenice Marlohe

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The awful thing about a conductor becoming geriatric is that you seem to become more desirable, not less. ↗

— Neville Marriner

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I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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I did the one concert, and I was not bitten by the conducting bug, and I thought I was done, but then the phone started to ring, and gradually, over time, I started conducting more and more. Now a third of my performances are with orchestras. ↗

— Bobby McFerrin

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