Pete Townshend Quotes

I think I probably would have enjoyed to keep my own private pain out of my work. But I was changed by my audience who said your private pain which you have unwittingly shown us in your early songs is also ours.

Pete Townshend

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I'm preparing for a multimedia theater piece, Airport Music, that's coming up in New York City.

Jessica Hagedorn

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When you have a regime that would be happier in the afterlife than in this life, this is not a regime that is subject to classic theories of deterrence.

John Bolton

LifeYouClassicWouldThanHappier

Personally, I like to yearn a little and long for the next episode. On the other hand, I'm also a glutton. My kids love to dive in and eat whole series at once.

Jenji Kohan

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I mean, I love winning, but losing is a much more intense feeling.

Jennie Finch

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People know that they're going to see something which is entertaining but challenging as well because of the form it's in. It's dance theatre and it requires you to use your imagination - it's not straight forward.

Matthew Bourne

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Mehmet was the first sultan, and one of the first Muslims anywhere, to defy religious tradition by allowing his portrait to be made.

Stephen Kinzer

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We all suffer from the preoccupation that there exists... in the loved one, perfection.

Sidney Poitier

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Do not let your bachelor ways crystallize so that you can't soften them when you come to have a wife and a family of your own.

Rutherford B. Hayes

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I want to try to do something for women in physics worldwide.

Mildred Dresselhaus

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Every society in every period does or doesn't talk about certain topics. We don't discuss money much; it's almost certain that most people don't know how much their colleagues earn. The Victorians, in contrast, were very happy to discuss money. They weren't, however, happy to discuss sex.

Judith Flanders

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There are surely times when a conservative and a liberal would agree. We would agree on how moral it is to discriminate on the basis of race. There's absolutely no light between those two positions. It becomes a little more complex when you talk about law as opposed to morality.

Dennis Prager

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I think the rebuilding of the city has to start with the spirit first. So the music, the vibe, the connection spiritually with the artists. Everybody out here is the main key. A lot of people are still in a lot of tough situations. My heart still goes out to the people of New Orleans.

Doug E. Fresh

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