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The Importance of One

Art Buchwald told of the famous violinist Jascha Heifetz when he had come to a concert in Rochester, NY to give a concert on the day of a major blizzard.  Only 40-50 people showed up in the massive auditorium.  So he said to them: “You know, it’s ridiculous for me to give a concert for such a small audience.  Why don’t you just come back to my hotel?  We’ll have a couple of drinks together and we’ll schmooze.”


But one person got up and said, “Mr. Heifetz, I’ve been a fan of yours all my life.  I traveled 120 miles in this blizzard just to hear you.  Please don’t disappoint me.”

One person is, after all, a universe.

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