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  • Bob Geldof Music is what I must do, business is what I need to do and politics is what I have to do.
    Bob Geldof
    Irish singer-songwriter, author, political activist (1951 - )
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  • Napoleon Music of all the arts has the most influence on the passions and the legislator should give it the greatest encouragement.
    Napoleon
    French Emperor (1769 - 1821)
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  • Bruce Springsteen Music was my way of keeping people from looking through and around me. I wanted the heavies to know I was around.
    Source: Time magazine 27 October 1975
    Bruce Springsteen
    American singer-songwriter (1949 - )
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  • John Ruskin Music when healthy, is the teacher of perfect order, and when depraved, the teacher of perfect disorder.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • Bradley Joseph Musically I try to connect a common bridge between such exhilarating feelings as performing at the Acropolis, to the emotions each and every one of us feel everyday. In the end, a good melody will always stand the test of time.
    Source: On composing Indie Journal Interview
    Bradley Joseph
    American composer and producer
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  • Abu Bakar Bashir Muslims must believe that all power, success and victory comes from God alone.
    Abu Bakar Bashir
    Indonesian Muslim cleric (1938 - )
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  • B. F. Skinner Must we wait for selection to solve the problems of overpopulation, exhaustion of resources, pollution of the environment and a nuclear holocaust, or can we take explicit steps to make our future more secure? In the latter case, must we not transcend selection?
    B. F. Skinner
    American psychologist, behaviorist and author (1904 - 1990)
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  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel Mutual respect implies discretion and reserve even in love itself; it means preserving as much liberty as possible to those whose life we share. We must distrust our instinct of intervention, for the desire to make one's own will prevail is often disguised under the mask of solicitude.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
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  • Franz Kafka My ''fear''... is my substance, and probably the best part of me.
    Franz Kafka
    Chech German-speaking writer (1883 - 1924)
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  • Jack Nicklaus My ability to concentrate and work toward that goal has been my greatest asset.
    Jack Nicklaus
    American golf player (1940 - )
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  • Bastian Schweinsteiger My absolute dream would be to play for Manchester United and help them reach the goals they have.
    Bastian Schweinsteiger
    German professional footballer (1984 - )
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  • Alan Dundes My academic identity is that of a folklorist, and for many years I have taught only folklore courses.
    Alan Dundes
    American folklorist
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  • Bayard Rustin My activism did not spring from my being gay, or, for that matter, from my being black. Rather, it is rooted fundamentally in my Quaker upbringing and the values that were instilled in me by my grandparents who reared me.
    Bayard Rustin
    American activist (1912 - 1987)
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  • Benigno Aquino III My administration's compact with the Filipino people will demand no less than the attainment of lasting peace and equitable prosperity. We will employ all the tools at our disposal to achieve this.
    Benigno Aquino III
    Filipino politician (1960 - )
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  • Antonia Fraser My advantage as a woman and a human being has been in having a mother who believed strongly in women's education. She was an early undergraduate at Oxford, and her own mother was a doctor.
    Antonia Fraser
    British author of history, novels, biographies and detective (1932 - )
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  • Carl Rowan My advice to any diplomat who wants to have a good press is to have two or three kids and a dog.
    Carl Rowan
    American government official, journalist and author (1925 - 2000)
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  • Ben Elton My advice to anyone adapting a novel is that once they've read it and learnt to understand it, then they must throw it away and never look at it again!
    Ben Elton
    British-Australian comedian, author, playwright, actor and director (1959 - )
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  • Timothy Leary My advice to people today is as follows: If you take the game of life seriously, if you take your nervous system seriously, if you take your sense organs seriously, if you take the energy process seriously, you must turn on, tune in, and drop out.
    Timothy Leary
    American psychologist and writer (1920 - 1996)
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  • Bruce Oldfield My aim is to make you look the best you can and if that means a little bit of internal pulling and hoisting up, then so be it.
    Bruce Oldfield
    British fashion designer (1950 - )
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