Curt Sachs Quotes
The dance is the mother of the arts, The dance breaks down the distinction of body & soul.
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Two things form the bedrock of any open society - freedom of expression and rule of law. If you don't have those things, you don't have a free country.
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Each person is living for himself; his own happiness is all he can ever personally feel.
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It seems the most logical thing in the world to believe that the natural resources of the Earth, upon which the race depends for food, clothing and shelter, should be owned collectively by the race instead of being the private property of a few social parasites.
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The first reports of AIDS closely followed the inauguration of President Ronald Reagan, whose 'family values' agenda and alliance with Christian conservatives associated AIDS with deviance and sin.
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My brother is really, really slow.
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The corporate right fires up the religious right against gay marriage and abortion and uses their votes to push their deregulation and tax cuts for the rich. It's an old trick. The House of Saud has the same arrangement with the Mullahs in Saudi Arabia.
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I want to, at the end of the day, be able to say, 'I am a runner.'
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On my tombstone just write, 'The sorest loser that ever lived.'
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I knew what kind of actor I was going to be, and I looked for inspiration to people like Alec Guinness, Cyril Cusack, Timothy Spall and Jim Broadbent. I looked at them and thought, 'They play human beings as they really are.'
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I feel, even if someone is blessed with good hair, one needs to follow the basic hair care regime, and that means investing in the correct shampoo, conditioner, and mask.
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If U.S. occupation is a primary recruitment tool and what inspires Islamic terrorists, are many of our current efforts overseas actually fighting terrorism and diminishing the threat?
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A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge.
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I don't want to be famous famous. I'm happy on the second tier, where I have autonomy on a professional level but I can still go out to the movies without being recognized.
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The Ku Klux Klan is the most profligate domestic terrorist organization in this country's history.
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Greed is so destructive. It destroys everything.
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I am arrogant enough to know that I am a good actor and people will like me for my work.
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Having never been in control of his own life, his idea of freedom was simply to break free.
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It is not the rich man's son that the young struggler for advancement has to fear in the race of life, nor his nephew, nor his cousin. Let him look out for the 'dark horse' in the boy who begins by sweeping out the office.
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I have to get inspired by something that touches my soul, or rocks my soul.
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I love, loved, loved 'We Real Cool' by Gwendolyn Brooks.
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When a mother, as fond mothers will; vows that she knows every thought in her daughter's heart, I think she pretends to know a great deal too much.
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I think I will die laughing.
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The first thing I bought that was really stylish was in 1969 when I was eleven. I saved up for a black, grey and white tie-dye grandad vest. It was too big - they weren't catering for kids my age - and hung off me, but I loved it.
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The dance is the mother of the arts, The dance breaks down the distinction of body & soul.
