Famous quotes containing the word compose:
“The feeling about a soldier is, when all is said and done, he wasnt really going to do very much with his life anyway. The example usually is: he wasnt going to compose Beethovens Fifth.”
—Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (b. 1922)
“The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen for the reverberation.”
—James Fenton (b. 1949)
“The theory of rights enables us to rise and overthrow obstacles, but not to found a strong and lasting accord between all the elements which compose the nation.”
—Giuseppe Mazzini (18051872)
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