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“If you don't know what to play, play nothing.”
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“Slashing its way to the finish line, Black Swan is the first ballet movie for highbrow horror fans for whom ballet itself signifies little to nothing. Those of us who know and love ballet can only look on it with a different kind of horror.”
Source : "Swan Down: James Wolcott's Review". "Opera Chic" blog, December 06, 2010.
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“Grumbling and gratitude are, for the child of God, in conflict. Be grateful and you won't grumble. Grumble and you won't be grateful.”
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“Other people are not here to fulfill our needs or meet our expectations, nor will they always treat us well. Failure to accept this will generate feelings of anger and resentment. Peace of mind comes with taking people as they are and emphasizing the positive.”
Source : A. S. A. Harrison (2013). “The Silent Wife: A Novel”, p.17, Penguin
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“Whiteness is not a culture . . . Whiteness has nothing to do with culture and everything to do with social position . . . . Without the privileges attached to it, the white race would not exist, and the white skin would have no more social significance than big feet”
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“If while alive you hurt or disappoint people you love, there's no use continuing such behavior when you're dead.”
Source : Anthony Swofford (2008). “Jarhead: A Solder's Story of Modern War”, p.79, Simon and Schuster
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“Once I've designed something, I immediately move on to the next thing.”
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“Personally, I'm a lazy kind of guy, and leaving the door open on the mystical saves me work. I don't have to stress my brain trying to explain the unexplainable. It's magic. End of discussion.”
Source : Janet Evanovich (2010). “Wicked Appetite”, p.110, Macmillan
