Almost Quote by Donna Leon Download Open image “I listen to Handel's vocal music, almost exclusively.” — Donna Leon ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Almost Listen Music Vocal Vocal music
Händel is the greatest and ablest of all composers; from him I can still learn. — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
You listen to Handel operas, right? And there are a thousand of them, right? And they all sound alike. If I look back on… — Isaac Mizrahi Copy Share Image
Handel is the greatest composer that ever lived... I would uncover my head and kneel down on his tomb. — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
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I would still love to do more Handel. I think Handel was a fantastic composer. I did lots of Vivaldi, but it's also important… — Cecilia Bartoli Copy Share Image
I do not sing nor play, but I adore music, particularly Chopin. I like him because I cannot understand him. — Mary MacLane Copy Share Image
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I listen only to Bach, Beethoven or Mozart. Life is too short to waste on other composers. — John Edensor Littlewood Copy Share Image
“Vianello had the knack of getting people to talk. Especially if they were Venetians, the people he interviewed invariably warmed to this large, sweet-tempered… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
This is a fallen world. People lie, the truth gets distorted, and that's the way it is. What's for dinner ? — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
“even the worst men wanted to be perceived as better than they were. How else could hypocrisy have risen to such delirious levels?” — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
“And will knowing what she reads make you know who she is?” “Can you think of a better way to tell?” — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be rich or successful or famous. I just wanted to be happy and have fun. — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
“Helmut thought himself above common morality. Or perhaps he thought he’d managed to create his own, different from ours, better.” — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
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“..if you put people on a diet, they start thinking about food. Or if you make someone stop smoking, all they think about is… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
And off in the far distance, the gold on the wings of the angel atop the bell tower of San Marco flashed in the… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
I came to Venice for the first time in 1968 and was lucky enough to make the acquaintanceship, and then the friendship, of two… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
My mother worked in the white world, but I lived almost exclusively in a black world. I don't think I had ever seen a… — Edward P. Jones Copy Share Image
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Music is almost like a therapy for me. It helps keep me centered and think straight. Before I discovered it, I was walking around,… — Banks Copy Share Image
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