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"To get fruits from the tree branches, shake them with hands; to get fruits from men, shake them with clever ideas!"
"The greater a man's talents, the greater his power to lead astray."
"You'll live your life at the least common denominator of those you spend the most time with if you are not watchful."
"Your impact on the lives of others--your family, the people at your church, your workmates--is cultivated with each decision you make, no matter how small."
"A man's power is in the half-light, in the half-seen movements of his hand and the unguessed-at expression of his face. It is the absence of facts that frightens people: the gap you open, into which they pour their fears, fantasies, desires."
"Other people influence your life through their actions and thoughts."
"In my opinion, the author-level metric can distort a real author's citation impact. For example, an author who has an h-index = 2 obtained on the basis of two published papers of which each is cited twenty times is more influential than an author who has an h-index = 3 obtained on the basis of three published papers of which each is cited three times."
"The collective consciousness of the people we associate with on a daily basis has an influence on our consciousness. Which holds us back from our true potential. Even if we believe that we are fully aware of our thoughts, feelings and emotions. The bigger picture will only present itself as we continue to grow."
"Followers, followers. Sometimes, with some things, it's best to keep your tally down."
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"There are rhythmic ideas which sometimes only work up to a point. In writing there are moments when it just comes off the page, it's not just a collection of notes."
"I don't have ideas so much as there are things which constantly evolve... there are various threads or layers, if you like, which change."
"This sounds horribly pretentious, but I like to think that if music hadn't existed, I could have invented it."
"My attitude to writing is like when you do wallpapering, you remember where all the little bits are that don't meet. And then your friends say: It's terrific!"
"I'm not a music lover in the sense that I look for something to have on. I've never had that attitude to music."
"Minimalism now is a reaction to what came before. It's absolutely of its time. Music moved into the set theory thing, and moved out of it."
"I think music has gone through a period of something very severe, rather radical, rather the way painting did with cubism."
"When I was confronted with official tuition, the academic thing, I could see no relationship whatever between that and the music I'd been writing since I was 11."
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