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- I never learned to verbalize an abstract musical concept. No thank you. The whole point of being a serious musician is to avoid verbalization whenever…
- Reviewing music or reviewing anything is a writing job. It's nice if you are experienced in the field you are writing about, but writing is…
- You explain how it went, and as far as you can figure out how it got that way.
- In Paris, you learn wit, in London you learn to crush your social rivals, and in Florence you learn poise.
- Try a thing you haven't done three times. Once, to get over the fear of doing it. Twice, to learn how to do it. And…
- I look at you and I write down what I hear.
- I've never known a musician who regretted being one. Whatever deceptions life may have in store for you, music itself is not going to let…
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- Dedicate yourself to the good you deserve and desire for yourself. Give yourself peace of mind. You deserve to be happy. You… — Hannah Arendt
- These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
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- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
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- Having been a child actor, I remember how directors would trick me to get good performances out of me. I don't think… — Asia Argento
- In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento
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- I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able to hit… — Alexis Arguello
- I'd take precision any day over power; as far as being tactical you know you have to see what's going on in… — Alexis Arguello
- Haiti, Haiti, the further I am from you, the less I breathe. Haiti, I love you, and I will love you always.… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide