"There is hardly any money interest in art, and music will be there when money is gone."

-- Duke Ellington

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“I did in fact take a couple of classes at my local college here in NYC. But I did it unwillingly and without enthusiasm. That is until a protest broke out in the streets around campus against rising tuition costs.”
“Men whose lives are doubtful want a strong government and a hot religion”
“In a democracy, you believe it or not; in a dictatorship, you believe it or else.”
“When you have an empty mind, you are prepared for the next thing that happens. It's like to be part of a spiritual practice for me simply means that you are there now. Not waiting for the next moment, or not living in the moment before, but you're there now. And it's there now which can only be really breathed and lived if the mind is empty enough to receive it.”
“I think it's a new feature. Don't tell anyone it was an accident.”

Source : Usenet article "s///e bizarreness", groups.google.com. January 4, 1991.
“Don't wait till you get bigger to put in place key items, such as staff surveys, peer interviewing for hiring and clear standards of behavior [developed by staff].”
“He had senile dementia and liked to go outside naked, but he could still do two things perfectly: win at checkers and write out prescriptions.”
“I think the IMF helped to detonate the Indonesian crisis.”

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