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The hardest of all the arts to speak of is music, because music has no meaning to speak of.

Ned Rorem

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MusicSpeakMeaningArtsBecause

One must be aesthetically long-termist in selecting a man - it's like purchasing a farmhouse in the south of France. Sure, it's beautiful to look at, but will the roof stay on?

Robert Rinder

BeautifulManLookWillRoofStay

The year I was born, 1956, was the peak year for babies being born, and there are more people essentially our age than anybody else. We could crush these new generations if we decided too.

Tom Hanks

AgePeopleYearBornNewMore

'Hustle' is wonderfully enjoyable because all my life, I've made an effort to be with people who can make me laugh. That original cast - Marc Warren, Jaime Murray, Robert Glenister and Adrian Lester - are all funny. So I know every day I'll have a few good laughs.

Robert Vaughn

LifeFunnyGoodDayEffortPeople

I'd always wanted to live in San Francisco, and my circumstances never permitted it. I'm so happy I made the move.

Mitch Kapor

LiveHappyCircumstancesNeverMove

You don't try to have the very lowest cost of an asset. You try to have the right asset. So rather than thinking about the lowest cost, the question is how do you get the best productivity.

Judith McKenna

BestThinkingYouTryRightCost

Ground troops... have to be a last resort. I think they should always be a last resort.

Jason Kander

ThinkAlwaysGroundLastResort

My people have a country of their own to go to if they choose... Africa... but, this America belongs to them just as much as it does to any of the white race... in some ways even more so, because they gave the sweat of their brow and their blood in slavery so that many parts of America could become prosperous and recognized in the world.

Josephine Baker

PeopleSlaveryWorldAmericaChoose

There are two kinds of fools: those who can't change their opinions and those who won't.

Josh Billings

ChangeOpinionsFoolsTwoKindsWho

I'm a fan of records. I'm a fan of listening to something cover to cover and not wanting to skip over anything.

Chris Stapleton

ListeningOverAnythingSomething

Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.

Arthur Schopenhauer

HonorLostMustOnlyWon

I like staying here very much, as I feel at home in Dortmund.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

HomeFeelHereLikeI FeelStaying

I've written many nonfiction books, but that's a special gift.

Tim LaHaye

GiftSpecialNonfictionBooksMany

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