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Small: Its the duty of all novelists, all painters, all musicians, all people who try to make art move: to look for s
"It's the duty of all novelists, all painters, all musicians, all people who try to make art move: to look for something they feel authentically, without paying attention to styles"
Nathalie Sarraute, Lawyer
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Small: My mother had to explain that one couldnt compose a Liszt rhapsody because it was a piece of music that Liszt
"My mother had to explain that one couldn't compose a Liszt rhapsody because it was a piece of music that Liszt himself had composed"
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer
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Small: I am eye. I am a mechanical eye. I, a machine, am showing you a world, the likes of which only I can see
Dziga Vertov
"I am eye. I am a mechanical eye. I, a machine, am showing you a world, the likes of which only I can see"
Dziga Vertov, Director
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Small: Thanks to nanny, Ive got a deep understanding of Russian tales
"Thanks to nanny, I've got a deep understanding of Russian tales"
Modest Mussorgsky, Composer
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Small: Napoleon is a torrent which as yet we are unable to stem. Moscow will be the sponge that will suck him dry
Mikhail Kutuzov
"Napoleon is a torrent which as yet we are unable to stem. Moscow will be the sponge that will suck him dry"
Mikhail Kutuzov, Soldier
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Small: Mozarts music is like an X-ray of your soul - it shows what is there, and what isnt
"Mozart's music is like an X-ray of your soul - it shows what is there, and what isn't"
Isaac Stern, Musician
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Small: Listen, I will now tell you the truth and there is no other
"Listen, I will now tell you the truth and there is no other"
Isaac Stern, Musician
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Small: A man possesses talent genius possesses the man
"A man possesses talent; genius possesses the man"
Isaac Stern, Musician
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Small: Every night, whisper peace in your husbands ear
"Every night, whisper "peace" in your husband's ear"
Andrei A. Gromyko, Politician
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Small: Our demands are simple, normal, and therefore they are difficult to satisfy. All we ask is that an actor on th
"Our demands are simple, normal, and therefore they are difficult to satisfy. All we ask is that an actor on the stage live in accordance with natural laws"
Konstantin Stanislavisky, Actor
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Small: You can find flaws in Agassi and Sampras, but Federer has none
"You can find flaws in Agassi and Sampras, but Federer has none"
Marat Safin, Athlete
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Small: My personality doesnt interest me
"My personality doesn't interest me"
Andrei A. Gromyko, Politician
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Small: Everybody should have his personal sounds to listen for - sounds that will make him exhilarated and alive or q
"Everybody should have his personal sounds to listen for - sounds that will make him exhilarated and alive or quiet and calm"
Andre Kostelanetz, Musician
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Small: We believe the use of force against Iraq, especially with reference to previous resolutions of the UN Security
"We believe the use of force against Iraq, especially with reference to previous resolutions of the UN Security Council, has no grounds, including legal grounds"
Igor Ivanov, Statesman
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Small: One of the greatest sounds of them all - and to me it is a sound - is utter, complete silence
"One of the greatest sounds of them all - and to me it is a sound - is utter, complete silence"
Andre Kostelanetz, Musician
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Small: Studying is something I really love doing, and I just hope to have enough money for tuition
Alexandra Kosteniuk
"Studying is something I really love doing, and I just hope to have enough money for tuition"
Alexandra Kosteniuk, Celebrity
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Small: The act of writing is a kind of catharsis, a liberation, but I never really concerned myself with that. I writ
"The act of writing is a kind of catharsis, a liberation, but I never really concerned myself with that. I write because it interests me"
Nathalie Sarraute, Lawyer
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Small: Television has lifted the manufacture of banality out of the sphere of handicraft and placed it in that of a m
"Television has lifted the manufacture of banality out of the sphere of handicraft and placed it in that of a major industry"
Nathalie Sarraute, Lawyer
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Small: The greatest wisdom is to realize ones lack of it
"The greatest wisdom is to realize one's lack of it"
Konstantin Stanislavisky, Actor
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Small: Remember: there are no small parts, only small actors
"Remember: there are no small parts, only small actors"
Konstantin Stanislavisky, Actor
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Small: Love the art in yourself and not yourself in the art
"Love the art in yourself and not yourself in the art"
Konstantin Stanislavisky, Actor
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Small: The novel moves like all the arts. Its transforming itself all the time
"The novel moves like all the arts. It's transforming itself all the time"
Nathalie Sarraute, Lawyer
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Small: Its a question of not copying the masters, to look for something, good or bad, for oneself. To enter this libe
"It's a question of not copying the masters, to look for something, good or bad, for oneself. To enter this liberated state of mind, one cannot copy the others"
Nathalie Sarraute, Lawyer
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Small: I could have gone on flying through space forever
Yuri Gagarin
"I could have gone on flying through space forever"
Yuri Gagarin, Astronaut
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Small: The resolution has made a real threat of war go away and opens the way for further work in the interests of a
"The resolution has made a real threat of war go away and opens the way for further work in the interests of a political- diplomatic settlement of the situation around Iraq"
Igor Ivanov, Statesman
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Small: Resolution 1441 does not give anyone the right to an automatic use of force. Russia believes that the Iraqi pr
"Resolution 1441 does not give anyone the right to an automatic use of force. Russia believes that the Iraqi problem should be regulated by the Security Council, which carries the main responsibility for ensuring international security"
Igor Ivanov, Statesman
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Small: My desk, most loyal friend thank you. Youve been with me on every road Ive taken. My scar and my protection
"My desk, most loyal friend thank you. You've been with me on every road I've taken. My scar and my protection"
Marina Tsvetaeva, Poet
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Small: A deception that elevates us is dearer than a host of low truths
"A deception that elevates us is dearer than a host of low truths"
Marina Tsvetaeva, Poet
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Small: Law is a formless mass of isolated decisions
"Law is a formless mass of isolated decisions"
Morris Raphael Cohen, Philosopher
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Small: It has generally been assumed that of two opposing systems of philosophy, e.g., realism and idealism, one only
"It has generally been assumed that of two opposing systems of philosophy, e.g., realism and idealism, one only can be true and one must be false; and so philosophers have been hopelessly divided on the question, which is the true one"
Morris Raphael Cohen, Philosopher
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Small: Comrades, this man has a nice smile, but hes got iron teeth
"Comrades, this man has a nice smile, but he's got iron teeth"
Andrei A. Gromyko, Politician
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Small: Those who find beauty in all of nature will find themselves at one with the secrets of life itself
"Those who find beauty in all of nature will find themselves at one with the secrets of life itself"
L. Wolfe Gilbert, Musician
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Small: Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace their steps
"Those who live in a world of human beings can only retrace their steps"
Nathalie Sarraute, Lawyer
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Small: One cant write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who dont like poetry
"One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry"
Nathalie Sarraute, Lawyer
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Small: Suspicion is one of the morbid reactions by which an organism defends itself and seeks another equilibrium
"Suspicion is one of the morbid reactions by which an organism defends itself and seeks another equilibrium"
Nathalie Sarraute, Lawyer
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Small: I dont admire Freud as much as some people do. Imagine Shakespeare being aware of the Oedipal complex when he
"I don't admire Freud as much as some people do. Imagine Shakespeare being aware of the Oedipal complex when he wrote Hamlet. It would have been a disaster"
Nathalie Sarraute, Lawyer
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Small: Do you know that my very first experience as a composer was a Concerto for Accordion?
"Do you know that my very first experience as a composer was a 'Concerto for Accordion?'"
Alfred Schnittke, Composer
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Small: For almost thirty years I repeatedly saw one and the same dream: I would arrive in Vienna at long last.
"For almost thirty years I repeatedly saw one and the same dream: I would arrive in Vienna at long last. I would feel really happy, for I was returning to my serene childhood"
Alfred Schnittke, Composer
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Small: It is not impossible to think that the minds of philosophers sometimes act like those of other mortals, and th
"It is not impossible to think that the minds of philosophers sometimes act like those of other mortals, and that, having once been determined by diverse circumstances to adopt certain views, they then look for and naturally find reasons to justify these views"
Morris Raphael Cohen, Philosopher
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Small: Youth should be a savings bank
"Youth should be a savings bank"
Sophie Swetchine, Author
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