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Ever since I began to compose, I have remained true to my starting principle: not to write a page because no matter what public, or what pretty girl wanted it to be thus or thus; but to write solely as I myself thought best, and as it gave me pleasure. ↗

— Felix Mendelssohn

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Consciousness of myself, combined with complete ignorance of everything that does not fall within my sphere of thinking, is the most telling proof of my substantiality outside God, of my original existence. ↗

— Moses Mendelssohn

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I've been with the same person for a very long time but I'm just non-conventional in that way. I don't think people need to be married. I think a lot of people need that piece of paper, but I don't think everybody needs that to feel secure. ↗

— Eva Mendes

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You've got to work. You've got to want an audience to sit forward in their chairs sometimes, rather than sit back and be bombarded with images. ↗

— Sam Mendes

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It was fun while it lasted, but it never seemed real to me. I could not believe I was in Van Halen. ↗

— Gary Cherone

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You know, we have main English language parties, federalist parties, and traditionally the ones to watch would be the Conservatives, who form the government, and then the Liberals. ↗

— Rick Mercer

#english #english language #federalist #form #government

Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that we might have achieved, of all the gifts which we have wasted, of all that we might have done which we did not do. ↗

— Gian Carlo Menotti

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One of the first things I did was interview the President of the United States. Some people work their whole lives and can't interview someone of that stature. ↗

— Maria Menounos

#first #first things #i #interview #lives

I know that producing will ultimately mean more longevity in the business, so when I'm tired of everything else and want to be behind the cameras, I know that I can produce. ↗

— Maria Menounos

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I like motivational books, because I like the go-getting American spirit - your destiny is in your own hands, life is what you make it, don't accept your limitations, jump before you're pushed, leap before you look. ↗

— Louise Mensch

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