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Talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing in money, it is all profit, it completes our education, founds and fosters our friendships, and can be enjoyed at any age and in almost any state of health. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#age #almost #any #completes #costs

Even if the doctor does not give you a year, even if he hesitates about a month, make one brave push and see what can be accomplished in a week. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#accomplished #brave #doctor #does #even

When I am grown to man's estate I shall be very proud and great. And tell the other girls and boys Not to meddle with my toys. ↗

— Robert Louis Stevenson

#estate #great #grown #i #i am

I don't meditate before I play or compose, but I see playing and composing as meditative acts. ↗

— Steve Swallow

#before #compose #composing #i #i see

I believe the military should be wary of diplomacy until war is declared; then the State Department should keep its nose out and let the military do whatever is necessary to win. ↗

— Stuart Symington

#declared #department #diplomacy #i #i believe

People are afraid to ask musicians to be involved in projects because they anticipate being turned down. Young artists hesitate before contacting me. People in my position don't get approached often enough. ↗

— David Sylvian

#anticipate #approached #artists #ask #because

Every conceivable cruel method of blackmail was used against me to obtain by force and at all costs confessions and statements both about comrades who had been arrested, and about political activities. ↗

— Ernst Thalmann

#activities #against #arrested #been #both

I think my imagination dictates the technologies I use. But at the same time, my imagination can be technologic. Sometimes I see a tool and I know immediately how to use it, but most of the time I use the tool for an idea I already have. ↗

— Michel Gondry

#dictates #how #i #i see #i think

We find ourselves in a difficult situation in Europe. There's a crisis, weak growth, unemployment... my duty is to ensure that by the end of my mandate France is in a better state than it was at the beginning. ↗

— Francois Hollande

#better #crisis #difficult #duty #end

We at the Department of Education are going to provide technical assistance; I've committed $14 million to show states how they might meet this more sophisticated approach. ↗

— Margaret Spellings

#assistance #committed #department #education #going