A creative artist works on his next composition because he was not satisfied with his previous one. - Dmitri Shostakovich

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it so often happens that, when men are convinced that they have to die, a desire to bear themselves well and to leave life's stage with dignity conquers all other sensations.

Dmitri Shostakovich

A creative artist works on his next composition because he was not satisfied with his previous one.

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When a man is in despair, it means that he still believes in something.

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Real music is always revolutionary, for it cements the ranks of the people; it arouses them and leads them onward.

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Music is a means capable of expressing dark dramatism and pure rapture, suffering and ecstasy, fiery and cold fury, melancholy and wild merriment – and the subtlest nuances and interplay of these feelings which words are powerless to express and which are unattainable in painting and sculpture.

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If they cut off both hands, I will compose music anyway holding the pen in my teeth.

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Every piece of music is a form of personal expression for its creator. . . If a work doesnt express the composers own personal point of view, his own ideas, then it doesnt, in my opinion, even deserve to be born.

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it so often happens that, when men are convinced that they have to die, a desire to bear themselves well and to leave life's stage with dignity conquers all other sensations.

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You cannot control what happens to you in life, but you can always control what you will feel and do about what happens to you.

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Realize you are worthy of your life and live accordingly.

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Every great decision creates ripples. Like a huge boulder dropping in a lake. The ripples merge and rebound off the banks in unforseeable ways. The heavier the decision, the larger the waves, the more uncertain the consequences.

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David Shore

I think you have to do the stories that interest you and hope an audience likes it, rather than doing stories that you think the audience will like, whether you like them or not. I think there has to be something that you find compelling and interesting, and then hopefully an audience will agree with you.

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