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		I think the purpose of a piece of music is significant when it actually lives in somebody else. A composer puts down a code, and a performer can activate the code in somebody else. Once it lives in somebody else, it can live in others as well.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
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		Nuclear power plants must be prepared to withstand everything from earthquakes to tsunamis, from fires to floods to acts of terrorism. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Ban Ki-moon 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Getting direct consumer revenue through movies or games or other culture products is something that we are very suitable for. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Victor Koo 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Relationships, it seems to me, are timeless. What works between two people always works; what doesn't is always troublesome. Over time, people learn - or not - how to negotiate what's difficult, but that doesn't mean the misfit has gone away entirely. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Rafael Yglesias 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		If I must choose between healthy and tasty, I go for the second: having only one life to waste, it might as well be a pleasurable one. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yotam Ottolenghi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Immanuel Kant 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I literally was saved by a role, from becoming a cab driver. I never did have to wait tables, though, so looking back I guess I had it pretty soft. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Sam Waterston 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
		
	
	
	
	
		I talked to ex-wives of musicians of the '70s for research. They're the funniest people in the world, yet there is this sad, beautiful thing in their eyes that says they've seen more than they could ever possibly tell you. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Kate Hudson 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Difference is the beginning of synergy. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Stephen Covey 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm a combative person, I know I am, and the greatest thing about law school was I learned to fight with my brain. I clarified something to myself. No matter how much you want to live in the white man's world, you either live by what you believe in, or you die. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Jim Webb 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The thing with playing live is, most of the audience is in their 20s and 30s. If you're older than that, you don't tend to go out to shows anymore. So it's good if you can attract a younger audience because they've got the energy to get up off the sofa and go out. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Colin Hay 
			 
			
				Men at Work  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm a huge stadium rock fan, but I'm also a fan of everything from Massive Attack to Peter Gabriel, U2, the Police, Radiohead, and Coldplay. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Tom DeLonge 
			 
			
				Blink-182  
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think the purpose of a piece of music is significant when it actually lives in somebody else. A composer puts down a code, and a performer can activate the code in somebody else. Once it lives in somebody else, it can live in others as well. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
				
				Yo-Yo Ma