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- People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.
- I suppose an artist takes the elements of his life and rearranges them and then has them perceived by others as though they were the…
- We were always able to sing and blend well together; that's our gift. But aside from that, we're really two different guys.
- When I began making my own albums, the songs became funkier. They were more about the streets.
- Artie travels all the time. The rehearsals were just miserable. Artie and I fought all the time. He didn't want to do the show with…
- We just did what we'd done when we were an act in the '60s. But I found it impossible to hold a dialogue with 500,000…
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- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
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- Ever since the Crusades, when Christians from western Europe were fighting holy wars against Muslims in the near east, western people have… — Karen Armstrong
- For centuries, the Muslims were able to co-exist perfectly well with Jews and Christians in the Middle East. — Karen Armstrong
- In the holy city of Mecca, violence of any kind was forbidden. From the moment they left home, pilgrims were not permitted… — Karen Armstrong
- I was elated, ecstatic and extremely surprised that we were successful. — Neil Armstrong
- I thought the attractions of being an astronaut were actually, not so much the Moon, but flying in a completely new medium. — Neil Armstrong
- If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?' about the… — Arthur Ashe