"How can one express the indefinable sensations that one experiences while writing an instrumental composition that has no definite subject? It is a purely lyrical process. It is a musical confession of the soul, which unburdens itself through sounds just as a lyric poet expresses himself through poetry...As the poet Heine said, 'Where words leave off, music begins.'"

-- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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“Women always want to be what they're not: If you're the pretty girl, you want to be the quirky girl. If you're the smart girl, you want to be the pretty girl.”

Source : "Maxim Monday: Jordana Brewster Wants to Be a Bond Girl". www.foxnews.com. April 20, 2009.
“Driven from every other corner of the earth, freedom of thought and the right of private judgment in matters of conscience direct their course to this happy country as their last asylum.”
“The response is to the image, not to the man, since 99 percent of the voters have no contact with the man.”

Source : "David Gergen, Master of THE GAME" by Michael Kelly, www.nytimes.com. October 31, 1993.
“The media can be an instrument of change. It can maintain the status quo and reflect the views of the society or it can awaken people and change minds. It depends on who's piloting the plane.”

Source : "Miss Representation: An Interview with Writer & Director Jennifer Siebel Newsom". Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 20, 2011.
“I love 'Shattered Glass.' It's one of my favorite movies. I think it's just brilliant.”

Source : "Steve Zahn" by Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. July 03, 2007.
“The best activities for your health are pumping and humping.”
“The best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it.”
“And Nature takes no account of moral consequences, of arbitrary conditions which we create, and which we feel obliged to maintain at any cost.”

Source : Kate Chopin (2016). “The Awakening”, p.151, Kate Chopin

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