question: Provide two quotations from Giuseppe Verdi about the art of opera, each no longer than 30 words. Separate the quotations like so:
  Quotation 1
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  Quotation 2
answer: Quotation 1  
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  "Opera is a beautiful and irrational entertainment, something that is not in any way necessary."  
  
  Quotation 2  
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  "In opera, there is always too much singing and too little music."