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I've been involved with Carnegie Hall for the last 13 years, and Chairman for the last six. I feel really good about what we've done growing our educational programs there, building a board that has made Carnegie Hall really a world-class institution.


Sanford I. Weill

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ELIZABETH I Have the courage to face a difficulty lest it kick you harder than you bargain for.
STANISLAUS I Fear not, we are of the nature of the lion, and cannot descend to the destruction of mice and such s...
ELIZABETH I Though the sex to which I belong is considered weak you will nevertheless find me a rock that bends ...
ELIZABETH I (Response to King Erik XIV of Sweden's proposal of marriage:)

"[W]hile we perceive ... th...
ELIZABETH I [F]rom my years of understanding ... I happily chose this kind of life in which I yet live [i.e., un...
ELIZABETH I [I]n the end this shall be for me sufficient, that a marble stone shall declare that a Queen, having...
ELIZABETH I To be vain of one's rank or place, is to show that one is below it.
STANISLAS I Our wisdom comes usually from our experience, and our experience comes largely from our experience.
One thing about the school of experience is that it will repeat the lesson if you flunk the first ti...
To reprove small faults within due vehemence, is as absurd as if a man should take a great hammer to...
Faith is like electricity. You can't see it, but you can see the light.
Every tomorrow has two handles. We can take hold of it by the handle of anxiety, or by the handle of...