Jean Philippe Rameau Quotes

Therefore we well observe that the title of perfect cadence is attached only to a dominant that progresses to the main tone, because this dominant, which is naturally contained within the harmony of the main tone, seems, when it progresses to it, to return as if to its source.

Jean Philippe Rameau

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• I have the mentality of a winner. I first went to the Olympic Games when I was 17, three weeks after my O-levels, and I remember sitting in a dining-hall filled with the world's best athletes.

  

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• I'm delirious with joy. It proves that if you confront the universe with good intentions in your heart, it will reflect that and reward your intent. Usually. It just doesn't always do it in the way you expect.

  

  J. Michael Straczynski
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• I love showing my scar on my tummy - it is shaped like a question mark.

  

  Sam Taylor-Johnson
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• Regarding marriage, it - somehow, it didn't happen. One fellow in such a big family not getting married is not an issue.

  

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• I don't have a normal job, so I really appreciate having friends who are writers and artists. It's fun to have a group of people you can call in the middle of the day to go for a hike.

  

  Natalie Portman
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• At Linkabit, we put little effort and energy into patenting things.

  

  Irwin M. Jacobs
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• Are we really so far from the Victorians? Much of what our society holds important was shaped in the 19th century.

  

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• The Jews' fear of assimilation and intermarriage should not replace fear of anti-Semitism.

  

  Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
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• Music is my passion. I've always been musically driven and musically inclined. I play the keyboard a little bit. I love listening to music and discovering music. That's my love, but I'm not a rapper at all.

  

  Demetrius Shipp, Jr.
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• I did say that I wanted to be a young mom, just because my mom was a young mom. It is better because I can be closer to my kids and stuff.

  

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• Very similar experience happened last year when we released this album, North. It was on Deutsche Grammophon, it was very, very honest. It was the most honest record I've ever written.

  

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• I have to say, if someone literally said to me, 'You're going off to a desert island, what is the one thing you would bring?' I would say, 'It's my concealer or you can just kill me now.' I've thought this through! Because I would find, like, berries in a bowl and make blush.

  

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• In first grade, I told my friends I had a third story in my house filled with jewels and lions.

  

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• Too many would-be executives are slaves of routine.

  

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• One of the beautiful things about a movement is that there are many strategies and many tactics contained within it. Not every participant in a movement is required to do exactly the same things.

  

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• I despise people who depend on these things [heroin and cocaine]. If you really want a mind-altering experience, look at a tree.

  

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• When I'm casting a picture, I think who I'd like to see in it if I was sitting in a theater. Who would surprise me?

  

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• Strive for excellence, not perfection, because we don't live in a perfect world.

  

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• I also derive a great deal of pleasure from horses and dogs... the ocean... and love.

  

  William Shatner
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• Turkey are the independent people. We are our own nation in this world - a nation of writers, journalists, artists, moviemakers, and academics. We act together. If there is a problem, we act to correct it.

  

  Burhan Sonmez
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• Therefore we well observe that the title of perfect cadence is attached only to a dominant that progresses to the main tone, because this dominant, which is naturally contained within the harmony of the main tone, seems, when it progresses to it, to return as if to its source.

  

  Jean Philippe Rameau
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