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For suddenly, I saw you there ...

For suddenly, I saw you there And through foggy London town The sun was shining everywhere...

George Gershwin 41 quotes

True music must repeat the tho...

True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time.

George Gershwin 41 quotes

Life is a lot like jazz... it'...

Life is a lot like jazz... it's best when you improvise.

George Gershwin 41 quotes

Jazz is one of the best things...

Jazz is one of the best things that you can find in your life, it can always be your friend.

George Gershwin 41 quotes

My people are Americans. My ti...

My people are Americans. My time is today.

George Gershwin 41 quotes

I didn't even start playing th...

I didn't even start playing the piano until I was about 13 or 14. I guess I must have had a little talent or whatever-you-call-it, but I practised regularly, and that's what counts.

George Gershwin 41 quotes

All these tales of people sitt...

All these tales of people sitting down and composing symphonies just as though they were writing a letter are very much exaggerated; at least, it isn't that way in my work.

George Gershwin 41 quotes

It took me three weeks to writ...

It took me three weeks to write the 'Rhapsody in Blue.' I had always wanted to write something blue and Paul Whiteman inspired.

George Gershwin 41 quotes

It is always possible to creat...

It is always possible to create something original.

George Gershwin 41 quotes

Writing music is not so much i...

Writing music is not so much inspiration as hard work.

George Gershwin 41 quotes

The extraordinary thing about ...

The extraordinary thing about my mother, she's so modest about me.

George Gershwin 41 quotes

True music must repeat the tho...

True music must repeat the thought and inspirations of the people and the time. My people are Americans and my time is today.

George Gershwin 41 quotes

I like to think of music as an...

I like to think of music as an emotional science.

George Gershwin 41 quotes

When I'm in my normal mood, mu...

When I'm in my normal mood, music drips from my fingers.

George Gershwin 41 quotes

An entire composition written ...

An entire composition written in jazz could not live.

George Gershwin 41 quotes

When jazz is played in another...

When jazz is played in another nation, it is called American. When it is played in another country, it sounds false. Jazz is the result of the energy stored up in America.

George Gershwin 41 quotes

Not many composers have ideas....

Not many composers have ideas. Far more of them know how to use strange instruments which do not require ideas.

George Gershwin 41 quotes

A skyscraper is at the same ti...

A skyscraper is at the same time a triumph of the machine and a tremendous emotional experience, almost breath-taking. Not merely its height but its mass and proportions are the result of an emotion, as well as of calculation.

George Gershwin 41 quotes

Jazz I regard as an American f...

Jazz I regard as an American folk music; not the only one, but a very powerful one which is probably in the blood and feeling of the American people more than any other style of folk music.

George Gershwin 41 quotes

The composer does not sit arou...

The composer does not sit around and wait for an inspiration to walk up and introduce itself Making music is actually little else than a matter of invention aided and abetted by emotion. In composing we combine what we know of music with what we feel.

George Gershwin 41 quotes

Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....