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Far better to think historically, to remember the lessons of the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part of the knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be one who knows that if you reserve the power not to use all your power, you will lead others far more successfully and well.
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My view is when you use violence on your people, that never ends well.
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I always try not to overload my music with orchestration and to use only those instruments that are absolutely necessary.
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A meditative mind is at ease because it's not trying to acquire anything.
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If I replace the word God with the word nature, I am far more at ease with the whole religious enterprise.
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The Muse but serv'd to ease some friend, not wife, / To help me through this long disease, my life.
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The sheer ease with which we can produce a superficial image often leads to creative disaster.
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I gravitate toward the larger worldview questions such as, Why are we here? What are we supposed to be doing? What does it mean to know another person? To love someone? Of course, those questions are sort of in the background as I'm playing with language in the foreground, but those are the informing questions.
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We breathe in our first language, and swim in our second.
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When a monkey nibbles on a weenis, it's funny in any language.
