"To me, punk rock is the freedom to create, freedom to be successful, freedom to not be successful, freedom to be who you are. It's freedom."

-- Patti Smith

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“The true spirit of Christmas is love”
“Life and the Universe show spontaneity;Down with ridiculous notions of Deity!Churches and creeds are lost in the mists;Truth must be sought with the Positivists.”

Source : Mortimer Collins, F. Percy Cotton (1886). “Selections from the Poetical Works of Mortimer Collins”
“Music is, for me, like a beautiful mosaic which God has put together. He takes all the pieces in his hand, throws them into the world, and we have to recreate the picture from the pieces.”

Source : Jean Sibelius' remarks quoted by Jalmari Finne to Anna Sarlin, June 28, 1905.
“But in another world, another life, probably growing up in another country, I might have been more of a dancer.”
“At the age of 50, I did "Celebrity Fit Club" and I had to get on a scale and be weighed in front of everyone. I felt like I was naked and for the first time, there was nowhere to hide. I felt like I could finally be myself. It was really cathartic, and I realized I could share my mistakes. I could tell my story and not be ashamed, and show others with these same problems that they aren't alone.”

Source : "Maureen McCormick: 'I hit rock bottom'". Interview with Al Roker, www.today.com. October 14, 2008.
“But for every hour and a half on stage, you have a five hour long bus ride, waiting for five hours at the airport, five hours of interviews... I know, it's part of the job, but that doesn't imply I have to like it.”
“It's great to have the chance to play a character before he goes to the dark side, or the yellow side if you will. Normally, you don't get that opportunity. The narrative of a movie usually demands that you are that guy from the start.”

Source : Interview with Anne Brodie, www.askmen.com.
“There are two great classes of men: the people and the scholars, the men of science. For the former, nothing exists but that which directly leads to action. It is for the latter to see beyond. They are the free artists who create the future and its history, the conscious architects of the world.”

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