#pre

Placing on writers the responsibility to represent a culture is an onerous burden. ↗

— Amy Tan

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Composing is what I love most from what I do. Each genre has a unique expression that you cannot supplant with another. All the records co-inspire each other though they are not tied conceptually in any way to another. ↗

— Serj Tankian

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The people who are absent are the ideal; those who are present seem to be quite commonplace. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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We all know we are unique individuals, but we tend to see others as representatives of groups. ↗

— Deborah Tannen

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You may imagine the joy manifested by these poor Africans, when they heard one of their own color address them in a friendly manner, and in a language they could comprehend! ↗

— Lewis Tappan

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I've always thought my soundtracks do pretty good, because they're basically professional equivalents of a mix tape I'd make for you at home. ↗

— Quentin Tarantino

#basically #because #equivalents #good #home

Our work is the presentation of our capabilities. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

#capabilities #our #presentation #work

The most perfect expression of human behavior is a string quartet. ↗

— Jeffrey Tate

#expression #human #human behavior #most #perfect

The gracious, eternal God permits the spirit to green and bloom and to bring forth the most marvelous fruit, surpassing anything a tongue can express and a heart conceive. ↗

— Johannes Tauler

#bloom #bring #conceive #eternal #express

Preemption is the right of any nation in order to preserve its National Security; however, preemptive war is a tactic, not a strategy. When used as a strategy preemption dilutes diplomacy, creates an atmosphere of distrust, and promotes regional instability. ↗

— Ellen Tauscher

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