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Robin Guthrie Musician
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"I use an Electrix repeater [for live looping]. It works...it's unstable and the MIDI implementation was written by a sped. I think it's Canadian but that may be a coincidence. I've been through all sorts, the original jam man was great but clicked on the loop if you didn't get it just right, something I am familiar with. As I said in another answer I have an RC50 but haven't fired it up yet. On paper it looks great."

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Steve Martin Comedian, Actor, Writer
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"When people ask me, ‘how do you make it in show business,’ or whatever, what I always tell them — and nobody ever takes note of it ‘cuz it’s not the answer they wanted to hear…but I always say, ‘Be so good they can’t ignore you.’"

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Lady Gaga Singer, Actress
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"Look to yourself for the answer - stop calling your girlfriends and stop calling your mom - you know if it's working or not, you either feel like a goddess or you don't"

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J. R. R. Tolkien Novelist, Scholar
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"And now leave me in peace for a bit! I don't want to answer a string of questions while I am eating. I want to think!" "Good Heavens!" said Pippin. "At breakfast?"

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Oprah Winfrey Television host, producer, philanthropist
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"Your gut is your inner compass. Whenever you have to consult with other people for an answer, you're headed in the wrong direction."

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Natalie Portman Actress, Director, Producer
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"I always ask myself, would I want someone to do something that wasn't comfortable for them just to please me? And the answer is no."

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"I consider it a public duty to answer falsifications with facts. I will not pretend that I find this an unpleasant duty. I am an old campaigner, and I love a good fight."

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Henri Nouwen Theologian, Author
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"To receive spiritual direction is to recognize that God does not solve our problems or answer all our questions, but leads us closer to the mystery of our existence where all questions cease."

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Gore Vidal Writer, Essayist, Playwright
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"The problem with most Americans is that they don't like any question that takes more than ten seconds to answer."

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Lewis Carroll Author, Mathematician
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"And here Alice began to get rather sleepy, and went on saying to herself, in a dreamy sort of way, 'Do cats eat bats? Do cats eat bats?' and sometimes, 'Do bats eat cats?' for, you see, as she couldn't answer either question, it didn't much matter which way she put it."

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John Cage Composer, Musician
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"In the nature of the use of chance operations is the belief that all answers answer all questions."

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