"I don't write music for sissy ears."

-- Charles Ives

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“The future of Arab films is absolutely up to Arabs and no one else. They've got the equipment, they've got the will, they've got the talent, now they just need a little bit of history behind them and a bit of cultural relaxation.”

Source : "Alexander Siddig — Discovering the Uncommon Hero". Interview with E. Nina Rothe, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 3, 2011.
“But restraint is the only one sort of control, and absence of restraint isn't freedom. It's not control that's lacking when one feels 'free', but the objectionable control of force.”
“Auto repair, piloting, skiing, perhaps even management: these are skills that yield to application, hard work, and native talent. But forecasting an uncertain future and deciding the best course of action in the face of that future are much less likely to do so. And much of what we've seen so far suggests that a large group of diverse individuals will come up with better and more robust forecasts and make more intelligent decisions than even the most skilled "decision maker."”
“Nobody can afford to appear more pleasant than they really are!”
“Reading the [The Verso Book of Dissent] is like encountering the best version of our angry selves.”
“Unable are the loved to die, for love is immortality.”
“Thanks, Dad," she whispered in his ear. Then recovering her composure, she knelt before him and said, "I give thanks, my Father. May your decision be proved right and true.”

Source : Stuart Hill (2011). “The Icemark Chronicles #1: Cry of the Icemark”, p.23, Scholastic Inc.
“I've grown up a lot, I'm on my own, and I've learned some valuable life lessons.”

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