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John Cage

"It's useless to play lullabies for those who cannot sleep."

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"I held out a lead figurine of Hades-the little Mythomagic statue Nico had abandoned when he fled camp last winter.Nico hesitated. "I don't play that game anymore. It's for kids.""It's got four thousand attack power," I coaxed."Five thousand," Nico corrected. "But only if your opponent attacks first."I smiled. "Maybe it's okay to still be a kid once in a while."

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Asa Don Brown

"Hey, pretty book, why don't you lie in my lap awhile?"

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"Kids. They're not tin cans or sheetrock. They're laughing machines. Wind them up and watch them go."

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"We have different personalities, but in a harmonious way, I'd say. Anyway, we were booked to play at the festival as a duo; and we decided we wouldn't have any rehearsal."

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Asa Don Brown

"We try to treat everywhere we play differently and that's really important."

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Asa Don Brown

"Most of my nightmares involve me forgetting my lines in a stage play."

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Asa Don Brown

"Writing a play, you start with less, so more is demanded of you. It's as if you have to not only write a symphony, but invent the instruments as well."

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Asa Don Brown

"The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast."

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"The only other things, and again these things are hearsay, is that he could be pretty rough on directors, because he knew exactly the way he wanted to play the part. And he did so."

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