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"American critics are like American universities. They both have dull and half-dead faculties."

"We did not treat the Americans badly. They left Iran in a relaxed mood. The embassy was active here after the revolution. We didn't have any problem with them. They started it."

"The world is lousy with Arab princes. And if we could have got Osama bin Laden, and saved at some point down the road 3,000 American lives, a few less Arab princes would have been OK in my book."

"Though race-related issues continue to occupy a significant portion of our political discussion, and though there remain many unresolved racial issues in this nation, we, average Americans, simply do not talk enough with each other about things racial."

"It's not a special taste. An American composer should have something to say to a cab driver."
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"The more irrational of us are worried about the millennium ending - as if a date would really matter."

"I've never lost perspective on who I am. Well, maybe briefly, but generally I'm pretty balanced."

"I see music as one language. If one musical form eats its own tail, it dies. So it needs to be a mongrel, it needs to be hybridised."

"Success always necessitates a degree of ruthlessness. Given the choice of friendship or success, I'd probably choose success."
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