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“Great music completely obliterates any conceptions of genre.”
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“My effort has been not only to put the Biblical incident in the original setting… but at the same time give the human touch to convey to my public the reverence and elevation these subjects impart to me.”
Source : Dewey F. Mosby, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Darrel Sewell, Rae Alexander-Minter, Philadelphia Museum of Art (1991). “Henry Ossawa Tanner”
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“You can get the monkey off your back, but the circus never leaves town”
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“A dreamer lives forever, And a toiler dies in a day.”
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“One should write not unskillfully in the running hand, be able to sing in a pleasing voice and keep good time to music; and, lastly, a man should not refuse a little wine when it is pressed upon him.”
Source : Yoshida Kenko (2009). “Essays in Idleness”, p.4, Cosimo, Inc.
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“The best way to get past doubt and inexperience is simply action.”
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“I think the comic that's gotten me the most feedback is actually the one about the stoplights. Noticing when the stoplights are in sync, or calculating the length of your strides between floor tiles - normal people notice that kind of stuff, but a certain kind of person will do some calculations.”
Source : "Real Geek Heart Beats in Xkcd's Stick Figures" by Adrienne So, www.wired.com. November 13, 2007. 
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“In global warming, I think everyone is scratching their heads - are there technological things that can be brought to bear that can make a difference?”
