R. Murray Schafer Quotes
The earth forms the body of an instrument, across which strings are stretched and are tuned by a divine hand. We must try once again to find the secret of that tuning.
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You can only begin to share life well when you think well of yourself.
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It is time for Hillary Clinton to permanently retire.
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A lot of legends, a lot of people, have come before me. But this is my time.
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It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
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I try and find fun activities like mountain biking, hiking, or water sports for a workout rather than pushing weight in the gym.
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I don't really desire things. I prefer to spend my money on experiences, on meals or travel.
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Ending Iran's nuclear threat and bringing it into the international community of law-abiding nations is one of the most pressing U.S. foreign policy objectives.
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On the other hand, the vast majority of all westernized countries, including every single European country along with Israel and Japan, do not offer birthright citizenship.
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All the women in my family are very dramatic by themselves. They make the biggest things out of nothing. I think that's where I learned a lot about being emotional.
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I was a bit odd. I read books and wanted to draw and go to art school.
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When my children were born, I didn't have them baptized because I felt baptism was about erasing Original Sin - something the Church said children got from their mother - and I absolutely refused to believe women carry Original Sin.
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All best-of lists should close with the amazing Kelly Link.
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It took me a long time to film the plastic bag, and then I had to get the cut of the scene right. But if you find it as beautiful as the character does, then suddenly it becomes a different movie, and so did he as a character.
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But eventually it is a game of cricket.
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There's an unintended consequence when it comes to drone attacks in Yemen. Yeah, you take out the al-Qaida stronghold, but you also wipe out the other half of the block. That makes Yemenis against the United States for the rest of their lives and all their descendants.
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Anything's possible if you've got enough nerve.
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My first book was poetry, but I didn't write it first. I wrote it third. So my first two books were prose.
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In reality, serial killers are of average intelligence.
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I wonder why people like to believe I'm high all the time. I guess . . . maybe they think someone else can take their trip for them.
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I'm still at the beginning of my career. It's all a little new, and I'm still learning as I go.
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As soon as you know what you're doing, you're doing it wrong.
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I'm a proud Republican - there's no issue with that at all, so why can't I be a proud Republican and just try to solve problems?
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The earth forms the body of an instrument, across which strings are stretched and are tuned by a divine hand. We must try once again to find the secret of that tuning.
