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Music imitates (represents) the passions or states of the soul, such as gentleness, anger, courage, temperance, and their opposites.
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It is essential to link enterprises on the basis of objective laws of a socialist economy and legal system.
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Cuba needs a dose of perestroika.
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I remember the moon landings, and Apollo was the paradigm by which all progress was measured at that time. And I knew that creating a true space-faring civilization was both possible and practical. What I failed to realize was that the effort would fail due to bureaucratic inertia and political apathy.
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Sometimes when I visit schools, kids will interview me for the school newspaper. They ask me questions and my answers tend to go on and on, and they try to write down everything I'm saying as quickly as they can. And one day, a kid holds up her hand and said, 'Do you think you could just answer 'yes' or 'no?' Aren't kids wonderful?
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I watch the news, which is its own reality show. I love 'Curb Your Enthusiasm.' I love it because it's funny and because I realize that I'm happier than Larry David.
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I had done some TV movies that were great experiences but, no, I wasn't looking to do a series.
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Tone is somewhat totalising in that, once I locate it, it tells me what kind of syntax to use, what word choices to make, how much white space to leave on the page, what sentence length, what the rhythmic patterning will be. If I can't find the tone, I sometimes try narrating through the point of view of someone else.
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People often try to disguise televisions. I always think that makes it worse. It is what it is!
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I wasn't very good as a puppet. A lot of times in a movie, you need a really good puppeteer: you're sort of a puppet, and you're doing what you can. But I always, from the beginning, was kind of making up my own stuff from stand-up and sort of directing myself, so I wasn't very good in movies where I didn't have control.
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I'm the worst person to be stuck with in a traffic jam.
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I think I should get a bigger between-the-song persona, so then I'm not wandering around the stage like some mad old auntie that's saying hello to people and falling over.
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I think the government must recognise that the wounds of conflict are even more grievous on the mind than the body, and indeed may even serve to fuel further conflict. Where conflict cannot be avoided, provision of adequate psychosocial services to prevent the adverse mental health consequences should take priority.
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I prayed like a man walking in a forest at night, feeling his way with his hands, at each step fearing to fall into pure bottomlessness forever. Prayer is like lying awake at night, afraid, with your head under the cover, hearing only the beating of your own heart.
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I was quite good at football once, although other than that my speciality would be maths. I'm great at sudokus and find all the spin-off games pretty easy too.
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No one is above the law, not even the president. I believe perjury does meet at least the definition of high misdemeanor.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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Fiction should be about moral dilemmas that are so bloody difficult that the author doesn't know the answer.
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When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
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Most people don't know what they spend in every single area, but they know they have a problem in particular areas.
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The athlete of today is not an athlete alone. He's the center of a team - doctors, scientists, coaches, agents and so on.
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I guess if you stay around long enough, they can't get rid of you.
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I had my mouth done when I was 27. It was a botched job. Obviously, if I had liked my mouth I wouldn't have had it re-done.
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I sort of have to have a positive outlook.
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Music imitates (represents) the passions or states of the soul, such as gentleness, anger, courage, temperance, and their opposites.
