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“Everybody, no matter what vocation they're looking at, should add music as an essential to their curriculum. Music can be a very important part of your soul and your growth as a human being. It's so powerful.”

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Writing adds up to the conscience of our times.

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I may add that we have more than once stated our willingness to conclude nonaggression pacts with the states neighboring our own!

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