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Everything is a present. Everything. This I learned to be thankful for everything.
Alice Herz-Sommer
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Alice Herz-Sommer
Age: 110 †
Born: 1903
Born: November 26
Died: 2014
Died: January 1
Music Pedagogue
Musician
Pedagogue
Pianist
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Praha
Alice Sommer
Alice Herzová-Sommerová
Alice Herz-Sommerová
Alice Herzova-Sommerova
Alice Herz-Sommerova
Alice Herz
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And life is beautiful, love is beautiful, nature and music are beautiful. Everything we experience is a gift, a present we should cherish and pass on to those we love.
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I have lived through many wars and have lost everything many times Yet, life is beautiful, and I have so much to learn and enjoy. I have no space nor time for pessimism and hate.
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Every day is a miracle. No matter how bad my circumstances, I have the freedom to choose my attitude to life, even to find joy. Evil is not new. It is up to us how we deal with both good and bad. No one can take this power away from us.
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The worst thing in life is boredom. When people don't know what to do with themselves, they are very, very poor.
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Music was our food... When we can play, it can't be so terrible. The music, the music!
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Music saved my life and music saves me still...
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I was born optimistic...I was laughing from the beginning of my life.
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I think backwards. This was beautiful. Instead of forward.
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Every day in life is beautiful...every day!
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Only when we are so old, only, are we aware of the beauty of life.
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I felt that this is the only thing which helps me to have hope... a sort of religion, actually. Music is God.
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Complaining doesn't change people... All that complain, this is terrible... It's not so terrible.
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It depends on me whether life is good or not. Not on life, on me.
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I am Jewish, but Beethoven is my religion.
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I know about the bad, but I look at the good thing.
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Hatred eats the soul of the hater, not the hated.
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In any case, life is beautiful, extremely beautiful. And when you are old you appreciate it more. When you are older you think, you remember, you care and you appreciate. You are thankful for everything. For everything.
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When you are optimistic, when you are not complaining, when you look at the good side of your life, everybody loves you.
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Life is beautiful. You have to be thankful that we are living. Wherever you look is beauty. I know about the bad things, but I look for the good things.
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Music was our way of remembering our inner selves, our values.
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