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“One of the dangers today is that when we don't like what the facts tell us, we just attack the facts, and we undermine the credibility of institutions. That is true not just for reporting; it's true of when people are attacking the congressional budget office, or when they're attacking certain science - that's where we can get into a dangerous realm.”
Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
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“I am not fitted to give concerts. The audience intimidates me, I feel choked by its breath, paralyzed by its curious glances, struck dumb by all those strange faces.”
Source : "It'll be alright on the night: how musicians cope with performance stress" by David Cox, www.theguardian.com. September 8, 2015.
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“Reflection is the lamp of the heart. If it departs, the heart will have no light.”
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“Rather than trying to recover and maintain a tradition that links back to the past (and former glories), Chaos Magick is an approach that enables the individual to use anything that s/he thinks is suitable as a temporary belief or symbol system. What matters is the results you get, not the 'authenticity' of the system used. So Chaos Magic then, is not a system - it utilises systems and encourages adherents to devise their own, giving magic a truly Postmodernist flavour.”
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“A novel is like a gland pill - it nips off the cream of my hysterics and gets them running on track in a book where they belong instead of rioting all over my person.”
Source : Dawn Powell (1998). “The Diaries of Dawn Powell: 1931-1965”, Zoland Books
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“We must never confuse elegance with snobbery.”
Source : Yves Saint Laurent (1983). “Catalog of the Exhibition Held at the Costume”, p.21, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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“The hardest of all the arts to speak of is music, because music has no meaning to speak of”
Source : Ned Rorem (2013). “The Later Diaries of Ned Rorem: 1961–1972”, p.70, Open Road Media
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“Many Americans believe marriage is between a man and a woman, and we need to celebrate marriage as the best way to provide stability for children. For people who live by the clear teaching of many different faith traditions and people who simply believe in the sanctity of marriage, it is essential that their views are respected.”
Source : "Senate Values Action Team Responds to SCOTUS Marriage Decision". James Lankford's comments in response to the Supreme Court decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, www.frcblog.com. June 26, 2015.