Quotes of the Day

Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - July 13, 2016
The whole problem can be stated quite simply by asking, 'Is there a meaning to music?' My answer would be, 'Yes.' And 'Can you state in so many words what the meaning is?' My answer to that would be, 'No.'
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Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990)  
It is not worth an intelligent man's time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.
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G. H. Hardy (1877 - 1947)  
Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
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Erica Jong  
Everyone has a purpose in life. Perhaps yours is watching television.
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David Letterman (1947 - )  
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