The music comes first. When Geoff has made something the inspiration comes automatically. His music is very expressive. But still is is a very difficult process. I have to add something to his music, not push it away. It has to be equal, and I find that very difficult. ~Beth Gibbons
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We love to be with our family and friends and I can tell you that lots of eating will be involved. ~Julia Barr
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A quotation at the right moment is like bread in a famine. ~Yiddish Proverb
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In many ways, theatre is more rewarding for a writer. I used to think it was like painting a wall - that when the play is finished, it's done; but now I realise it's more like gardening; you plant the thing, then you have to constantly tend it. You're part of a thing that's living. ~Lee Hall
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People think of art and science as being fundamentally opposed to each other, because art is about celebrating individual human creativity, and science is about discovering general principles, not about individual people. But in fact, the two have a lot in common, and the creative spirit is similar in both. ~Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
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Visitor's footfalls are like medicine; they heal the sick. ~African Proverb
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It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done. ~John Greenleaf Whittier
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There is one art, no more, no less; to do all things with artlessness. ~Piet Pieterszoon Hein
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What is nature? Art thou not the living government of God? O Heaven, is it in very deed. He then that ever speaks through thee, that lives and loves in thee, that lives and loves in me? ~Thomas Carlyle
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The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong. ~Marlene Dietrich
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Self-criticism is an art not many are qualified to practice. ~Joyce Carol Oates
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A journey of a thousand miles always begins with one step. ~Ancient Egyptian Proverb
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The way I look at it is that once you create a piece of art, and it's out in the world, there's nothing you can do about it. People can use it the way they want to. There's nothing you can do about it. All you can hope for is that people that are using it are using it with the best intent. ~David Lloyd
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Admire, exult, despise, laugh, weep for here There is such matter for all feelings: Man! Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear. ~Lord Byron
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To silence another, first be silent yourself. ~Latin Proverb
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The first assumption of an art critic is that the artist meant to paint something else. ~Robert Breault
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Don't give advice unless you're asked. ~Amy Alcott
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It is the end of art to inoculate men with the love of nature. ~Henry Ward Beecher
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Working with the likes of Joseph Fiennes was just an incredible experience. ~Alice Eve
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When there is no thought, the kundalini rises. When you create a vacuum, something will be drawn into it. The less thought you have, the more kundalini will flow through the chakras, the shushumna. ~Frederick Lenz
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Art is good for my soul precisely because it reminds me that we have souls in the first place. ~Tilda Swinton
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They said to the wolf, "For what art thou following those poor little sheep?" He replied, "The dust upon which they tread is good for poor little eyes!" ~ Arabic Proverb
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Amending the U.S. Constitution, the document most sacred to those who love freedom and liberty, is a delicate endeavor and should be done only on the basis of the most clear and convincing evidence that a proposed amendment is necessary. ~Ben Nelson
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Only fools and dead men don't change their minds. Fools won't. Dead men can't. ~John Henry Patterson
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It is a shocking trick for a young person to be always lolling upon a sofa. ~Jane Austen
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