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		Hats off, gentlemen - a genius! If the mighty autocrat of the north knew what a dangerous enemy threatened him in Chopin's works in the simple tunes of his mazurkas, he would forbid this music. Chopin's works are canons buried in flowers.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Frederic Chopin 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I think mobility is very important, not only to discover opportunities elsewhere but at times, also to appreciate better what your home town has. Allahabad, for instance, has the feel of a small, tightly-knit community where everyone participates. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Vikas Swarup 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Music will always be my greatest passion. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Vanessa Mae 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Strange, is it not, my brothers, how often in America those great watchwords of human energy - 'Be strong!' 'Know thyself!' 'Hitch your wagon to a star!' - how often these die away into dim whispers when we face these seething millions of black men? And yet do they not belong to them? Are they not their heritage as well as yours? 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				W. E. B. Du Bois 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jack Canfield 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		As a free-speech advocate, I believe that adults should have access to any material they want. As a parent, and a community member, I think people should be able to protect their homes from imagery - much of it violent - that is, I feel, a form of child abuse when adult society inflicts it upon children. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Naomi Wolf 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		You don't go out and play Beethoven's 'Opus 111' without having rethought about it every time you play. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Daniel Barenboim 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
		
	
	
	
	
		But I'm not crazy about the designers like Prada and Gucci. I hate going into designer stores. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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		Desire is important. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Eric Cantona 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I saw David Bowie in 'Labyrinth' when I was seven or eight. I told my mom I wanted a Bowie record, so we traveled to the mainland, which was, like, a three-hour trip, and I bought 'Let's Dance' and 'Tonight.' 'Let's Dance' blew my little mind. I became obsessed with it. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
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				Scissor Sisters  
			
			
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Pleasures are like photographs: in the presence of the person we love, we take only negatives, which we develop later, at home, when we have at our disposal once more our inner dark room, the door of which it is strictly forbidden to open while others are present. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Marcel Proust 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		There is something comforting about going into a practice room, putting your sheet music on a stand and playing Bach over and over again. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Andrew Bird 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Hats off, gentlemen - a genius! If the mighty autocrat of the north knew what a dangerous enemy threatened him in Chopin's works in the simple tunes of his mazurkas, he would forbid this music. Chopin's works are canons buried in flowers. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Frederic Chopin