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“I am more concerned about a world led by people, who think like machines...”
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“Have faith in God but keep your powder dry.”
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“No one imagines that a symphony is supposed to improve as it goes along, or that the whole object of playing is to reach the finale. The point of music is discovered in every moment of playing and listening to it. It is the same, I feel, with the greater part of our lives, and if we are unduly absorbed in improving them we may forget altogether to live them.”
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“I guess I'm quite used to not being understood rather than being understood.”
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“Unless you listen, people are weazened in your presence; they become about a third of themselves. Unless you listen, you can't know anybody. Oh, you will know facts and what is in the newspapers and all of history, perhaps, but you will not know one single person. You know, I have come to think listening is love, that's what it really is.”
Source : Brenda Ueland (1993). “Strength to Your Sword Arm: Selected Writings”, Holy Cow Press
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“I don't like sympathetic characters.”
Source : "Howard Barker: 'I don't care if you listen or not'". Interview with Maddy Costa, www.theguardian.com. October 01, 2012. 
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“Who do you think it was that brought the bottle to her?”
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“Books fall open, you fall in. When you climb out again, you're a bit larger than you used to be.”
