Igor Stravinsky Quotes
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You take the best of our tradition as a start, and I'll take the best of Christianity ... From there we can build.
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There is no question that chemical weapons attacks are a heinous abuse of humanity and power. But to assume that military strikes are an effective retribution for the crime committed is wrong.
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The next step for me with the Up is how it talks with the rest of the home. It's an object that can tell the home where I am and what I'm doing.
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I try to give the appearance that I have it all together and that I know what I'm talking about, but at the end of the day, I think I might be full of crap.
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I don't like comedians who don't have conviction, and with stand-up, it is always best to have an angle.
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Girls shouldn't throw away their lives. They have the opportunity to not have 25 children - to make something of themselves, and use their brains and creativity. I'm just thrilled about that.
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In terms of Rogers, I can't comment on how other fighters in the UFC would fare with Brett Rogers because that's just speculation.
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From the ashes of a financial crash, there is a chance to create a new economic settlement that is more equal, sustainable and democratic.
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The primary way that we know about what lives in the ocean is we go out and drag nets behind ships. And I defy you to name any other branch of science that still depends on hundreds-of-year-old technology. The other primary way is we go down with submersibles and remote- operated vehicles. I've made hundreds of dives in submersibles.
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When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
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I am now in a position to choose roles. I did not have so many offers before 'Queen,' but now things have changed a lot.
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
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Well who's black and what is a black person?
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Modern surgery has been like a miracle to those who thought the pain was going to go on forever.
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We were not allowed to say, Screw, but we could say, Hump the hostess, because hump is in Shakespeare.
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All of these mechanisms we have for celebrating are so double-edged. So much sorrow comes out of joy.
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For me, poetry is a situation - a state of being, a way of facing life and facing history.
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Let everyone try and find that as a result of daily prayer he adds something new to his life, something with which nothing can be compared.
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I get so fed up with the making of an album taking over my life - it's all I can think about or talk about. You find yourself in a rut and lacking inspiration and it's hard to get out of that because I'm working alone in the studio.
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The fear of infinity is a form of myopia that destroys the possibility of seeing the actual infinite, even though it in its highest form has created and sustains us, and in its secondary transfinite forms occurs all around us and even inhabits our minds.
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There's a huge difference between being in love and being in love with the thought of love. Recognize the difference. Never settle.
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What force is more potent than love?
