The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny.
Wole Soyinka
Recitation: by Male by Female
My mother bought a piano, put it in the front room, and I just started writing my songs.
Joan Armatrading
MotherWritingRoomPianoStarted
Sometimes a loss is the best thing that can happen. It teaches you what you should have done next time.
Snoop Dogg
TimeBestLossYouDoneSometimes
I like involved projects. I'm driven by the idea of characters and the song-cycle form is similar to a musical.
Tori Amos
DrivenInvolvedIdeaLikeForm
A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
Roald Dahl
MenNowNonsenseNow And ThenLittle
I believe we can accelerate our acumen, performance and success by leveraging our associations and spending time with people better than us.
Robin S. Sharma
SuccessTimePeopleSpending TimeUs
The first time you make something, follow the recipe, then figure out how to tailor it to your own tastes.
Ruth Reichl
TimeYouFirst TimeFollowFirst
For a profession that holds dear both the ability to vivisect politicians in prose and the expectation that these carved-up subjects will not complain, the media is horribly thin-skinned and vengeance-seeking when on the receiving end of criticism.
Julia Gillard
CriticismEndMediaExpectationWill
You have to relax, write what you write. It sounds easy but it's really, really hard. One of the things it took me longest to learn was to trust the writing process.
Diane Setterfield
TrustMeRelaxWritingLearnYou
I suppose being fierce is a very good thing, and a very cool thing. But more than fierce, I think I'm a strong person and a strong individual. And that's what I take with me every day.
Johnny Weir
GoodDayMeCoolThinkFierce
The Italian character in general is full of animation, and the natives enter into the interests and welfare of the stranger before them with a fervor that forbids all doubt of its sincerity and that is truly surprising.
William Godwin
CharacterDoubtSincerityAnimation
Further-more, partisan attachments powerfully shape political perceptions, beliefs and values, and incumbents enjoy advantages well beyond the way in which their districts are configured.
Thomas E. Mann
PoliticalEnjoyValuesWayBeyond
There's a lot of dopes in life, and in film school. The interesting people are usually easy to find.
Tim Heidecker
LifeSchoolPeopleInterestingFind
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