Agnes Denes Quotes
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I think the music I've created is quite odd, and people are going to start talking about that.
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People are not wrong in observing Caste. In my view, what is wrong is their religion, which has inculcated this notion of Caste. If this is correct, then obviously the enemy, you must grapple with is not the people who observe Caste, but the Shastras which teach them this religion of Caste.
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People have to evolve.
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I think there is some credibility to the notion that marriage is an institution. It meant something very different hundreds of years ago when it became the norm for people to go off and pair.
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I made lots of talks and challenged lots of people.
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I know there is something out there and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad.
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One reason the United States is one of three countries in the world that do not have any form of paid maternity leave is that many American business leaders, like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, oppose any family-friendly policies. They scare people into thinking maternity leave will be a job killer.
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The best thing about being on the road in general is just playing every single night in front of people that are genuinely fans of your music.
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I'm not very cool. I have a really hard time meeting people and stuff.
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Our young people look up to us. Let us not let them down. Our young people need us. Saving them will make heroes of us all.
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A lot of people tend to glorify the role of satire and comedians. They put them up as role models, as fighters for the truth and against tyranny, and I think that's overrated.
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I worked in Licorice Pizza when John Lennon was killed. I had the day off, but I came in anyway because people needed a place to mourn.
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People going into the cities for the opportunities and the towns are getting older, no young people.
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I had the opportunity to go and read to cancer patients in hospitals and saw how something as little as that could make someone's day. I also think it's important to support people who are standing up for a good cause, so that's why I get involved with different campaigns and charities.
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Whether it is salt farmers in India embracing solar power or wind companies creating tens of thousands of jobs in America, people are providing a vision for the clean energy future.
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I can put my legs behind my head. That's a fun fact that not a lot of people know!
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I am the kind of writer that people think other people are reading.
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It was so popular, so more people identify me from 'Friends' than anything else.
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It's amazing how fast generations lose sight of other generations. One of the first things the young composers who come to work with me say is that they want to write music people will like, instead of gaining their credentials by being rejected by the audience.
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I think if you look at exactly where you are, you can't really focus without looking back and forward at the same time.
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Coupling doesn't always have to do with sex ... Two people holding each other up like flying buttresses. Two people depending on each other and babying each other and defending each other against the world outside. Sometimes it was worth all the disadvantages of marriage just to have that: one friend in an indifferent world.
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People are always fighting reality until it's pushed down their throats.
