Vittorio Alfieri Quotes
For one to grasp, whatever be his object, sov'reign power ... is an act of perilous presumption.
Vittorio Alfieri
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When they see me holding fish, they can see that I am comfortable with kings as well as with paupers.
Imelda Marcos
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I was not influenced by composers as much as by natural objects and physical phenomena.
Edgard Varese
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The last resort of kings, the cannonball. The last resort of the people, the paving stone.
Victor Hugo
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All designed tools and objects are sort of extensions of human abilities, and they do tend to make life richer for us. But, an awful lot of designs, especially in this country, make life a lot more inconvenient. I'm thinking, for instance, of high-fidelity units that have so many switches and toggles and buttons and things that they confuse most people.
Victor Papanek
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She is the rock 'n' roll queen. Weirdly enough, that is one of the things her reign will be remembered for. Queen Elizabeth I, we remember Raleigh; Queen Elizabeth II it's gonna be the Beatles.
Paul McCartney
The Beatles
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In this very moment I'm king In this very moment I slayed Goliath with a sling
Nicki Minaj
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God has power to create, or destroy, make, or unmake at his pleasure, to give life, or send death, to judge all, and to be judged nor accountable to none: to raise low things, and to make high things low at his pleasure, and to God are both soul and body due. And the like power have Kings; they make and unmake their subjects: they have power of raising, and casting down: of life, and of death: judges over all their subjects, and in all causes, and yet accountable to none but God only.
King James I
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A lot of artists write about the same things their whole career.
Edwin Farnham Butler III
Arcade Fire
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The market does not know you exist. You can do nothing to influence it. You can only control your behavior.
Alexander Elder
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For one to grasp, whatever be his object, sov'reign power ... is an act of perilous presumption.
Vittorio Alfieri