Will Strauss
Will Strauss
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We believe that the endowments should be used for the benefits of current and future generations of students. There was a year in which Harvard spent one-eighth of its endowment earnings on its fund managers.
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Write what you think is good, is the whole of the law.
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Usually, as a fiction writer, you get e-mails saying, 'I liked your book,' or 'I didn't like it.' You don't get something saying, 'I'm really glad this is in the world.'
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We do not believe that September was the bottom, but December or March may be. We recognize that carrier capital spending is forecasted to decline, but given our discussions with customers regarding their plans for new product launches and continued inventory reductions, we believe that December or March can represent the low point of the industry downturn.
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While Boeing?s guidance has implied that it would not make up in 2006 for deliveries lost in (the third quarter) strike, we believe it is possible that (first-quarter) deliveries are skewed higher by some catch-up from the strike.
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You have these periods when there's a major civic crisis that redefines civic life,
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We're not taking the worst part, because we'd just be beating our head against a wall. But we're not going to take the best part or we're wasting our time. Let's work on something manageable that needs help.
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Bear in mind that you are not making music for your own pleasure, but for the pleasure of your audience.
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Never let the horns and woodwinds out of your sight; if you can hear them at all, they are too loud.
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The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play.
german-composer
Never look at the trombones. You'll only encourage them.
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We were suddenly four or five down before we realized that actually this wicket was not my kind of wicket. We should have accepted that a little bit earlier,
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To make a century against Australia under any circumstances is always special. It will be hard work but there is definitely ten Australian wickets for us.
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V. S. Pritchett was one of the most admired, fun, talked-about writers of the 20th century: he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth for his work with prose. He was born in 1900, wrote till he died in 1997, and has been tidily forgotten ever since. This is a real shame.