Andres Segovia Quotes
Whoever heard of an electric violin, electric cello or, for that matter, an electric singer?
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In Gnosticism, the physical world did not ultimately matter - which meant physical suffering did not matter either. Seeking 'enlightenment' meant cultivating an attitude of detachment, even indifference.
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When I was writing 'The Windup Girl' and 'Ship Breaker,' I was writing those simultaneously, so I was an unpublished writer, not really having that full sense that these books would go out in the world, that they would be successful, that there would be an audience and that there would be fans of those stories.
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Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.
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The more knowledge you have, the greater will be your fear of Allah.
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Alone is a much better film than House of the Dead and better than most horror movies out today.
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The thing I learned from 'Pride and Glory' is that people like to feel a little better leaving the theater than they did coming in.
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Isn't it amazing how celebrity status preempts even the most ingrained hatreds?
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I think it's important for all culturally literate people to understand the technological substrate of new developments.
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The shock caused by the September 11 events has also lead to a thorough reflection on the existing disparity between rich and poor countries, on the misery of populations of the South.
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Everyone assumes it is just 'Wendy who works at Tesco' who goes to audition for 'X Factor,' and then their lives are changed, wham, like that. Me, I am someone who has tried for years in the music industry.
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I've done my time. I've done it as well and as respectfully as I think anyone can.
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My first job, which I had to take when not more than fifteen, was assistant to a fruit peddler. It seemed all right to me until a little girl told me snootily, 'We never deal with peddler!' Thereupon I resigned, ashamed of what I was doing.
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There's nothing better than going to the movies and going into another world, and forgetting about everything that's happening outside.
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The Arab Spring is kind of a perfect model for how people are going to use technology to act collectively in their own interest in the future. There's never been a revolution that was coordinated by social media to the degree that the Arab Spring was.
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A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of.
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I think every credit you get and every film you have your name attached to makes things a little bit easier. It definitely opens doors up, but it's still a grind.
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Total falsehoods can be easily exposed for what they are by citing exceptions to their claims. Hence, they are less likely to be accepted as the total truth.
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What I like about the EMAs is that you will never know what happens.
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Nothing shatters the relationship between you and your boss like you failing to meet expectations, deadlines, and goals.
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Writing about a person whose struggle you wish you could solve is an act of compassion and also, frankly, opportunism.
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In terms of writing about horses, I fell backwards into that. I was intent on getting a Ph.D., becoming a professor, and writing on history but I got sick 14 years ago when I was 19. Getting sick derailed that plan completely.
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There are values that transcend race or culture, that move us forward, and there's an obligation for all of us individually as well as collectively to take responsibility to make those values lived.
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Whoever heard of an electric violin, electric cello or, for that matter, an electric singer?
