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“Our thoughts are to the individual as our art is to the community.”
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“Fiction is a potent agent for good--in the hands of the good.”
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“I was born and trained to communicate music, just as the sons were born and trained to hunt, and I was lucky to have grown up in Hungary, a country that lives and breathes music-that has a passionate belief in the power of music as a celebration of life.”
Source : Georg Solti, Harvey Sachs (1997). “Memoirs”, Knopf
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“It is in your act that you exist, not in your body. Your act is yourself, and there is no other you.”
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“My films play only in Bengal, and my audience is the educated middle class in the cities and small towns. They also play in Bombay, Madras and Delhi where there is a Bengali population.”
Source : Satyajit Ray, Bert Cardullo (2007). “Satyajit Ray: Interviews”, p.101, Univ. Press of Mississippi
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“Smell is the primordial sense, more powerful, more primitive, more intimately tied to our memories and emotions than any other. A scent can trigger spiritual, emotional or physical peace and stimulate healing and wellness.”
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“You never know what the American public is going to do, but you know that they will do it all at once.”
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“I don't make a lot of money, but I get to have freedom.”
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“We should be less concerned about hurting the feelings of the oppressors and more concerned about standing in solidarity with the oppressed.”
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“I don't think that everyone should become a mathematician, but I do believe that many students don't give mathematics a real chance. I did poorly in math for a couple of years in middle school; I was just not interested in thinking about it. I can see that without being excited mathematics can look pointless and cold. The beauty of mathematics only shows itself to more patient followers.”
Source : "There Is No Real Life". Interview with Brad Fox, www.guernicamag.com. March 15, 2013.