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Scott Joplin

"What is scurrilously called ragtime is an invention that is here to stay. That is now conceded by all classes of musicians... All publication s masquerading under the name of ragtime are not the genuine article... That real ragtime of the higher class is rather difficult to play is a painful truth which most pianists have discovered. Syncopations are no indication of light or trashy music... Joplin ragtime is destroyed by careless or imperfect rendering, and very often players lost the effect entirely by playing too fast."

-- Scott Joplin

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“The path of those who preach love, and not hatred, is not easy. They often have to wear a crown of thorns.”
“In three strides Reaver was on her, his mouth crushing hers. â€œNo more bullshit,â€ he said against her lips. â€œI want you. I think Iâ€™ve always wanted you.”
“To this day, we see all around us the Promethean drive to omnipotence through technology and to omniscience through science. The effecting of all things possible and the knowledge of all causes are the respective primary imperatives of technology and of science. But the motivating imperative of society continues to be the very different one of its physical and spiritual survival. It is now far less obvious than it was in Francis Bacon's world how to bring the three imperatives into harmony, and how to bring all three together to bear on problems where they superpose.”

Source : Gerald James Holton (1986). “The Advancement of Science, and Its Burdens: The Jefferson Lecture and Other Essays”, p.183, CUP Archive
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“Focus on becoming more to achieve more while doing less”
“Our task is not to fix blame for the past, but to fix the course for the future.”
“A lot of men these days are insecure in front of women, because women have become so strong. Men are very frustrated because they don't know what women want.”
“I stepped into the martial arts movie market when I was only 16.”

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