"New developments in weapon systems during the 1950s and early 1960s created a situation that was most dangerous, and even conducive to accidental war."

-- Herman Kahn

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“Of course, all people have their own reasons for believing what they do about gender. In my case, in over two decades of collaborating with men and women in music - conductors or otherwise - I have seen no distinction.”
“If you are always frightened for yourself you can't act, and then life loses its purpose. You just have to tell yourself that, when you get right down to it, you don't matter all that much.”
“They came from the four corners of the earth, driven by hunger, plague, tumors, and the cold, and stopped here. They couldnâ€™t go any futrther because of the ocean. Thatâ€™s France, thatâ€™s the French people.”
“What do you have when you have an agent buried up to his neck in sand? Not enough sand.”
“It makes good sense to revere the sun and the stars ... because we are their children”
“I meant to do my work today But a brown bird sang in the apple tree And a butterfly flitted across the field And all the leaves were calling me.”

Source : Richard Le Gallienne, “I Meant To Do My Work To-Day”
“Because I think in order to get famous you have to be known for something. Like 'You're the romantic comedy girl' or 'You're the Oscar-winning whatever girl.'”
“I think for many songwriter/performers, you need to go off by yourself and write the songs to begin with, but then you need people to bring them to life. So you have to be comfortable with solitude and also with being very social.”

Source : "Will Oldham on Bonnie "Prince" Billy". Interview with Marc Masters, pitchfork.com. September 21, 2012.

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