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"When I speak of "cycles," I am referring to lengthy intervals of relative homogeneity, if not in the resolving of problems, than at least with respect to the consistency of their capacity to productively irritate."
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"If you look at the themes that he struck from the minute he started running for president through today, there is a very high level of consistency, and there is a sense that he is who he is. Obama's governing is completely consistent with the way he campaigned and the themes on which he campaigned, the issues he highlighted, the vision he shared."
"My singing wasn't horrible, but my dancing really made it look silly. It's not like I'm a horrible singer that can't sing. But I don't have the consistency or the presentation skills that a good performer has."
"The consistency of their moods and emotions creates a predictable and consistent outcome that can be reassuring in our turbulent times. You know you can depend on approachable people to be well balanced, accepting, and empathetic to the needs and feelings of others."
"Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform."
"Consistency simplifies the problem more than hard work of one time because no problem cannot possibly beat you everyday."
"Good acting is consistency of performance."
"Pressed caviar has the consistency of chilled tar."
"It is the time that delivers greatness to people."
"I can think of a lot of words to describe Senator Kerry's position on Iraq; "consistent" is not one of them."
"Through the years I've been getting better and better and better, and it's what you learn though the seasons."
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"Actually, most things I say in public lead more or less directly to my own compositional practice, so I should be careful about generalizing lest they come back to haunt me."
"The idea of 'machine assemblage' is, especially, very alien to my sensibility, since it suggests a relative indifference of the strata to one another during the process of construction."
"What makes a specific quality or quantity of innovation retain its intense newness over the years?"
"Naturally enough, I couldn't have foreseen the vast sea change which has come upon that scene as a result of German reunification and associated events."
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