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“The child has a primary need to be regarded and respected as the person he really is at any given time, and as the center - the central actor - in his own activity.”
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“I wanted to be a painter and an artist. And it's interesting that in some of my later musical works, I refer so often and associate myself with works of art.”
Source : "Listen Back To A 1988 Conversation With Composer Gunther Schuller". "Fresh Air", www.npr.org. June 22, 2015.
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“I think men were destined to become homemakers. After all, who ever heard of "Ms. Clean" or the "Woman from Glad"?”
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“I am white, male, Norwegian and fairly resourceful. I am indeed among the least suppressed people on earth. If anyone can sing songs without fear, it should be me.”
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“That government is not a necessary good but an unavoidable evil.”
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“Herein, lies the key to love. Love builds bridges. Soul exists because God loves It. Soul equals Soul; no one Soul is greater than another. Experience the greatest love of all.”
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“To discover one's own spiritual poverty is to achieve a positive conquest by the spirit.”
Source : William Barrett (2011). “Irrational Man: A Study in Existential Philosophy”, p.46, Anchor
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“My desire, my sincere and heartfelt desire is to rip that surprisingly sheer garment from your body, toss you onto that bed, and indeed ravish you from head to toe. I wish to make love to you until you are too exhausted to do so much as stand without support. Until you call out my name in your dreams and reach for me in your sleep. Until you can think of no one and nothing beyond the touch of my hand, the caress of my lips.”