"Most satirists are indeed a public scourge; Their mildest physic is a farrier's purge; Their acrid temper turns, as soon as stirr'd, The milk of their good purpose all to curd. Their zeal begotten, as their works rehearse, By lean despair upon an empty purse."

-- William Cowper

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“I can teach you to dance, but you have to hear the music.”
“To believe in yourself and to follow your dreams, to have goals in life and a drive to succeed, and to surround yourself with the things and the people that make you happy. This is success!”

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“Tammy Faye said, I am so happy that Jessica Hahn is so ugly, because now I don't feel so bad.”
“You say you experience great difficulty in the mission. Alas! Monsieur, there is no lot in life where there is nothing to be endured.”
“Beauty: "You called me beautiful last night." Beast: "You do not believe me then?" Beauty: "Well - no. Any number of mirrors have told me otherwise." Beast: "You will find no mirrors here, for I cannot bear them: nor any quiet water in ponds. And since I am the only one who sees you, why are you not then beautiful?”
“To write a symphony is, for me, to construct a world.”
“For me, reggae music and its aesthetic are touchstones in both simple and complex ways. Reggae's capacity to be a folk music that is created in a wholly modern context of the recording studio (and sometimes that is the sole performance space) is riddled with the kinds of contradictory impulses that we have come to expect from the post-modern. I revel in this, for it gives me, shall I say, permission.”

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“No amounts of stone and bone could yield the kinds of information that the paintings gave so freely.”

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