To add to our misery and despair, a bloated aristocracy has sent to China - the greatest and oldest despotism in the world - for a cheap working slave.
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Nationality: American Type: Politician Born: 1847 Death: 1907 |
“I often find that having an idea in my head prevents me from doing something else. Working is therefore a way of getting rid of an idea.”
“I do not understand where the idea came from that opera is only for privileged people, I am as happy singing before 70,000 people at the Millennium Stadium, as I am in front of a few hundred in a small concert hall.”