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“You've always lived here, right?" Sarah asked. "Except for the years I went to college." "Didn't you ever want to move away? To experience something new?" "Like bistros?" She nudged him playfully with her elbow. "No, not just that. Cities have a vibrancy, a sense of excitement that you can't find in a small town." "I don't doubt it. But to be honest, I've never been interested in things like that. I don't need those things to make me happy. A nice quiet place to unwind at the end of the day, beautiful views, a few good friends. What else is there?”
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“Gratitude and opportunity create more of the same.”
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“The border is a marketplace. The invisible hand of the powerful governs the crossings.”
Source : Amitava Kumar (2000). “Passport Photos”, p.219, Univ of California Press
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“I try to get my subconscious to puke out as much stuff as I can because I'm really not judging myself while making music. If I crave a frequency in the mid, I'll just drag in a sound and try to mold it into what feels right. It happens very quickly. And if I've been making a piece of music for five hours and it sucks, I'll just throw it away. There has to be an entry point to learn about myself, or an idea I've never tried, because then I can try on a new skin and see the world through a different perspective. If I have that spark, then I'll save the file.”
Source : "Arca's Warped Beauty". Interview with Philip Sherburne, pitchfork.com. November 19, 2015.
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“No-one really thought of fission before its discovery.”
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“My whole childhood was filled with classical music and going to concerts of the New York Philharmonic and other New York ensembles and organizations, but interestingly, I didn't become conscious of wanting to be a musician until I was about 11. I was a rather late starter.”
Source : "Listen Back To A 1988 Conversation With Composer Gunther Schuller". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. June 22, 2015.
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“The greatness of a man is measured by the way he treats the little man. Compassion for the weak is a sign of greatness”
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“Quite simply, there can be no popular sovereignty without a real belief in the value of government. If government does not assume and carry out public responsibilities, less accountable institutions such as the corporation will do the job in their own self-interest.”