"Music is an expression of what's inside of you. And that's how I make music."
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"You say how you feel, and songs don't lie. Songs are the most honest form of human expression there is--there's nothing that lies about a song."
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"Mathematics is pure language - the language of science. It is unique among languages in its ability to provide precise expression for every thought or concept that can be formulated in its terms."
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"Today in many western countries, nobody dares question the Holocaust whose nature is questionable. According to the reports I have received, in America if people decide to write something against homosexuality on the basis of psychological and sociological principles, they will be prevented from publishing their work. How is it that these people feel obligated to respect freedom of expression?"
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"Faith without works is like a song you can't sing. It's about as useless as a screen door on a submarine."
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"Generosity brings happiness at every stage of its expression. We experience joy in forming the intention to be generous. We experience joy in the actual act of giving something. And we experience joy in remembering the fact that we have given."
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"Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It's a bum's life. Quitting acting, that's the sign of maturity."
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"What a long strange trip it's been."
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"Feelings or emotions are the universal language and are to be honored. They are the authentic expression of who you are at your deepest place."
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"If you disagree with them you may be tempted to interrupt. But don't. It is dangerous. They won't pay attention to you while they still have a lot of ideas of their own crying for expression. So listen patiently and with an open mind."
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"The universe must exist for the self-expression of God and the delight of God."
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"We are living in what the Greeks called the kairos - the right moment - for a 'metamorphosis of the gods', of the fundamental principles and symbols. This peculiarity of our time, which is certainly not of our conscious choosing, is the expression of the unconscious man within us who is changing."
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"Go toward self-actualization rather than self-image actualization... Search within... for honest self- expression."
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"Anyone who reaches for great expression has to be careful of the ridiculous."
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"I defend both the freedom of expression and society's right to counter it. I must pay the price for differing. It is the natural way of things."
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"To banish imperfection is to destroy expression, to check exertion, to paralyze vitality."
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"I don't like it, but I guess things happen that way."
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"Education without social action is a one-sided value because it has no true power potential. Social action without education is a weak expression of pure energy. Deeds uninformed by educated thought can take false directions. When we go into action and confront our adversaries, we must be as armed with knowledge as they. Our policies should have the strength of deep analysis beneath them to be able to challenge the clever sophistries of our opponents."
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"Be kind and merciful. Let no one ever come to you without coming away better and happier. Be the living expression of God's kindness."
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"In Cuba we have one party, but in the U.S. there is very little difference. Both parties are an expression of the ruling class."
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