I fought for peace in the fifties.
Pete Seeger
Recitation: by Male by Female
I sing in languages that I speak. So when I'm singing a Schubert song, I know precisely what every word means and, you know, when it was composed and who was the poet and all of that and whether Strauss or Wagner or French Belioz, Duparc or Debussy or whatever.
Jessye Norman
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I get into certain yoga positions at times, when I'm working out and for exercises. I use a little of it in some of my meditation, but I chant now and that sort of replaced it.
John Astin
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I had intelligent, high-minded, liberal parents who wanted to make sure my values were just like theirs.
Jennifer Grey
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For me, it's a feel thing; it's a mechanical thing.
Matt Harvey
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General David Petraeus was so successful at getting on covers of magazines, having journalists fall in love with him, that in fact he was able to use that power to go around the normal chain of command.
Michael Hastings
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Most comedies are really hard to write, or to watch, because you kind of generally know what's coming.
Steve Martin
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You want to be a bit compulsive in your art or craft or whatever you do. You want to be focused on it.
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Leaders must pick causes they won't abandon easily, remain committed despite setbacks, and communicate their big ideas over and over again in every encounter.
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
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The events of the Civil War are so odd, ferocious, and poignant that fictional characters do well simply to inhabit them.
Donald McCaig
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At the heart of great leadership is a curious mind, heart, and spirit.
Chip Conley
LeadershipHeartGreatCuriousMind
When you don't have food in your life, just for a day, it makes you realise you're lucky to have it the next day. So the day after fasting, the music that comes out will be very joyous.
Chris Martin
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The web's democratic in one way and distinctly undemocratic in another way. And I think a lot of the confusion about the political ramifications have to do with that one word having so many meanings. So, it's democratic in that it quite literally delivers power to the people; it, it essentially opens up participation in the public's mind.
Clay Shirky
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