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James Tenney

"All of these people kept on being professional musicians and composers in the strictest sense."

James Tenney, American Composer
People, Being, Composers, Musicians
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"We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started."

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"I believe that in every country the people themselves are more peaceably and liberally inclined than their governments."

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"Some people displease with merit, and others' very faults and defects are pleasing."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer
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"Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted."

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"Give light and people will find the way."

Ella Baker, American Activist
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"A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths."

Steven Wright, American Comedian
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"You can be around 100 people and be completely alone. People don't realize what it's really like."

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"People generally quarrel because they cannot argue."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer
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"We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer
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