#rests

A hundred years ago, when Richard Strauss, who has already been quoted and already been heard today, and other creative people, laid the foundation stone for the joint assertion of their rights and interests, they had pioneering work ahead of them in Germany. ↗

— Johannes Rau

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The truth is that neither British nor American imperialism was or is idealistic. It has always been driven by economic or strategic interests. ↗

— Charley Reese

#american #been #british #driven #economic

In music, the punctuation is absolutely strict, the bars and rests are absolutely defined. But our punctuation cannot be quite strict, because we have to relate it to the audience. In other words we are continually changing the score. ↗

— Ralph Richardson

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An artist's early work is inevitably made up of a mixture of tendencies and interests, some of which are compatible and some of which are in conflict. ↗

— Bridget Riley

#compatible #conflict #early #early work #inevitably

What men have called friendship is only a social arrangement, a mutual adjustment of interests, an interchange of services given and received; it is, in sum, simply a business from which those involved propose to derive a steady profit for their own self-love. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#arrangement #business #called #derive #friendship

Peace is a never ending process... It cannot ignore our differences or overlook our common interests. It requires us to work and live together. ↗

— Oscar Arias Sanchez

#common #common interests #differences #ending #ignore

The merit of a democratic regime rests on one's continual willingness to exchange views, and to compete on the basis of individual merit and capacities. ↗

— Jose Eduardo Dos Santos

#capacities #compete #continual #democratic #exchange

The act of writing is a kind of catharsis, a liberation, but I never really concerned myself with that. I write because it interests me. ↗

— Nathalie Sarraute

#because #catharsis #concerned #i #i write

The fundament upon which all our knowledge and learning rests is the inexplicable. ↗

— Arthur Schopenhauer

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From the equality of rights springs identity of our highest interests; you cannot subvert your neighbor's rights without striking a dangerous blow at your own. ↗

— Carl Schurz

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