"Cornelius Cardew's folk songs were very, very literal, and they were just about workers smashing their chains. It was like reading Das Kapital over a folk-song melody, and it's a spectacular failure, in my opinion."

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Alasdair MacLean

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“On the other hand, I still approach each book with the same basic plan in mind - to put some people under severe stress and see how they hold up.”
“The worst thing you can do if you want to start a fight is to use derogatory terminology.”
“To the highest leadership among women it is given to hold steadily in one hand the sacred vessels that hold the ancient sanctities of life, and in the other a flaming torch to light the way for oncoming generations.”

Source : Anna Garlin Spencer (1908). “Woman's Share in Social Culture”
“That's been one of my mantras - focus and simplicity. Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it's worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.”
“The Notebook ... thatâ€™s my favorite one. Iâ€™ve read that book 30 times. It gives a true depiction of two people that are in love.”
“I love my country. And I would have to renounce my Spanish citizenship to become a U.S. Citizen.”
“Southampton's barrage balloons floated gleaming in the moonlight like the ghosts of elephants and hippos.”
“The funny thing is musicians often love to go to see visual art because you've got all these pictures to turn into metaphors.”

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