Allyson Schwartz Quotes
The 20th century taught us how far unbridled evil can and will go when the world fails to confront it. It is time that we heed the lessons of the 20th century and stand up to these murderers. It is time that we end genocide in the 21st century.
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We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the dark.
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A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
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There are so many figures in our history that did not believe they could make a change, and they did.
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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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The rewards of freedom are always sweet, but its demands are stern, for at its heart is the paradox that the greatest enemy of freedom is freedom.
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Everybody knew that I could type pretty well.
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I think it's probably a good lesson for other people to follow - to not always make the decision that's popular for others, but to do what you feel like is the right thing to do.
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The fact is that in too many communities in cities in Britain gangs now have become completely rooted into these communities and they destroy them around them.
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I think the tone of the show has certainly changed over the years, because it's really, really hard to do something different when you have a show going on as long as this has.
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I'd be interested to read Gull's paper on it, and I wish Alan would put it in somewhere. It gives him a relevance to our times, which he doesn't otherwise have. Gull, I mean, not Alan.
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You can't betray yourself too often, or you become somebody else.
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A lot of black guys always ask me, 'Did Larry Bird really play that good?' I said, 'Larry Bird is so good it's frightening.'
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I'm not an artist that makes singles, I'm an artist that makes albums, and it's a totally different thing.
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A glimpse at my night stand gives the mostly true impression that I am a book hoarder.
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I think it's a loser's mentality to get happy with somebody losing.
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What we did not imagine was a Web of people, but a Web of documents.
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I just got a band together in mid-2012, and we played our first show in October of that year.
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The emphasis should be on why we do a job.
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We are behind the curve in keeping up with the global telecommunications revolution.
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I grew up feeling people didn't look at skin color.
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I was a student in London in the '70s, so CBGB really wasn't on my radar at all. Obviously, I was aware of the emergence of the Police in England and as an art student, I was very aware of David Byrne, but I suppose my musical taste at that time certainly didn't stretch towards the Dead Boys or the Ramones.
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Beauty breeds beauty; truth triggers truth. The cure for writer's block is therefore to read.
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I'd like to think the scientists need us - but do they? Did Newton need Blake?
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The 20th century taught us how far unbridled evil can and will go when the world fails to confront it. It is time that we heed the lessons of the 20th century and stand up to these murderers. It is time that we end genocide in the 21st century.
