"Improvisation is the art of becoming sound. It is the only art in which a human being can and must become the music he or she is making. Improvisation is the only musical art which predicated entirely on human trust and love."

-- Alvin Curran

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“As a result, socialism and communism, in particular, use government to suppress religion to such a degree as to leave the one true God out entirely.”
“Science can be introduced to children well or poorly. If poorly, children can be turned away from science; they can develop a lifelong antipathy; they will be in a far worse condition than if they had never been introduced to science at all.”
“How strange it seems that education, in practice, so often means suppression: that instead of leading the mind outward to the light of day it crowds things in upon it that darken and weary it.”

Source : Louis Sullivan, Robert Twombly (1988). “The Public Papers”, p.88, University of Chicago Press
“During a very busy life I have often been asked, "How did you manage to do it all?" The answer is very simple. It is because I did everything promptly.”
“We only have this one moment: NOW.”

Source : Nic Sheff (2012). “Tweak: Growing up on Crystal Meth”, p.144, Simon and Schuster
“Nothing in life is unfair. It's just life. To the extent that I had any inner turmoil, I had only myself to blame. I also thought of my two boys and what kind of example I hoped to be. I would always want them to take charge of their own futures and not be paralyzed by the comfort and certainty of the status quo or be cowed by the judgment of those on the outside looking in.”
“I recognize my limits but when I look around I realise I am not living exactly in a world of giants.”
“Your political system is actually too democratic. The fact that Americans vote on every bill and proposition can prolong bigotry indefinitely, especially where it is aimed at minority groups.”

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