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Murana is the name of the mask I have designed for Venini: a volume to wear for filtering the reality through the glass of its surfaces, a face without sexual or racial connotations able to represent every kind of humanity, a soul for an object that could be casually perceived as a vase.

Fabio Novembre

Reality, Glasses, Names

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But I think the global economy will understand that the United States has the ability to meet its obligations. But it's not going to be able to do it over the long term if we can't control the growth of government.

Charles Bass

Thinking, Government, Long

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To be able to keep the promise I made to God, I think that keeps me going. No matter how much the money had been, I would have always fulfilled my promise, as that's the way I am.

Albert Gubay

Thinking, Promise, Matter

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You have to be able to wake up in the morning and say, 'I've been true.

Charles Gwathmey

Morning, Wake Up

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The process of open adoption is not discussed in the way it should be. Everyone I know who has adopted domestically has at least one tragic story. It was important to me to be able to describe those situations.

Jennifer Gilmore

Adoption, Important, Way

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But certainly the laser proved to be what I realized it was going to be. At that moment in my life I was too ignorant in business law to be able to do it right, and if I did it over again probably the same damn thing would happen.

Gordon Gould

Law, Ignorant, Lasers

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In the medium and long term. Spain is solvent and able to pay its high debts. In the short-term, we have the capacity to meet our obligations.

Luis de Guindos

Long, Spain, Debt

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I had given up magic, because it had reached a state of perfection. I felt that I was able to transform men into animals. I did not make use of this capability, because I believed I could not justify an intervention of this kind in the life of another person.

Wolfgang Hildesheimer

Animal, Men, Perfection

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I'm ready to be an action figure. I'd love that very much. And all the redheaded kids will get to go out and feel loved and be able to buy a redheaded action figure.

Caleb Landry Jones

Kids, Action, Figures

"X-men: First Class - Banshee Interview". Interview with Chris Tilly, www.ign.com. May 13, 2011.

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No two children learn in the same way. While we might agree that every American eight-year-old should be able to read and multiply, beyond those basics, there are few reasons to make every student follow the same path.

John Katzman

Children, Eight, Years

"Bringing Free Market Choices to Education" by John Katzman, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 28, 2013.

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But with woodworking, it's really sort of gratifying to be able to have an actual piece to touch, and then step back and be able to share it.

Luke Kirby

Woodworking, Pieces, Steps

"Luke Kirby’s Character Curveball". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. May 16, 2012.

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It's just a lot of fun to be able to see your ideas come into fruition. And to see people translate the things that come out of my mind vocally. And to be able to produce vocals and give people my point of view musically. And to be able to sit in the crowd and see people sing the song that I wrote, it's an amazing feeling.

Rico Love

Song, Fun, Ideas

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The universe will put signposts in your life. You can either ignore them or embrace them. You can choose and wish for all the things you want, but the things that are coming to you, you will never be able to hide from and the things that you want so bad that are not supposed to be for you for whatever reason, they'll never come to you.

Yul Vazquez

Wish, Want, Reason

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People say that one of the most important things about being an actor is to have thick skin, but I don't think that's it. Because you can't just walk around being tough, you have to be able to be vulnerable to do this. So really, it's about not being defensive.

Jess Weixler

Thinking, People, Important

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I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else.

Iris DeMent

People, Havens, Knows

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Given that you'll never be able to prevent copying, the question is, what can you do to minimize it? What can you do to make consumers happy enough with legitimate use of the system that they'll be willing to pay for it?

Edward Felten

Copying, Use, Pay

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One of the great problems of the world today is undoubtedly this problem of not being able to talk to scientists, because we don't understand science; they can't talk to us because they don't understand anything else, poor dears.

Michael Flanders

World, Today, Problem

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When I moved to New York, I felt very strong emotionally and mentally. Aside from touring, I'd spent a couple of years alone and because of that, I was able to go out in the world again.

Marketa Irglova

Strong, New York, Couple

Interview with Erica Rivera, www.ericarivera.net. November 21, 2011.

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With film, it's all about the actor being able to feel the things that the character's feeling. It must do some strange things to your mind. Music I find much easier because you're being honest about where you are as a person.

Marketa Irglova

Character, Feelings, Mind

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Without constantly pushing my senior colleagues to formulate decisions, I would never be able to learn and know what they are made of.

Peter Woo

Senior, Decision, Pushing

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I will never be able to move on as much as people would like me to.

Jayson Williams

Moving, People, Like Me

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I first fell in love with music when I was a little boy. When I first heard music, I felt the beauty in it. Then, being able to tap along on a table top and box was great, but my favorite thing to do was to watch records spin. I would almost get hypnotized by it. These things are what drew me in initially.

Narada Michael Walden

Boys, Watches, Records

"BLACK MUSIC MONTH: Legends Speak". Interview with Chris Williams, www.ebony.com. June 19, 2012.

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I've spent more than a decade channeling information for and about men. I'm able to come and use this information, with the help of the research, to hand over the keys to the kingdom to women.

David Zinczenko

Men, Keys, Hands

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The mature person becomes able to differentiate feelings into as many nuances, strong and passionate experiences, or delicate and sensitive ones, as in the different passages of music in a symphony. Unfortunately, many of us have feelings limited like notes in a bugle call.

Rollo May

Strong, Symphony, Mature Person

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The notion that artists flourish upon adversity and misunderstanding, that they are able to function to the utmost in an atmosphere of indifference or hostility - this notion is nine-tenths nonsense.

H. L. Mencken

Adversity, Artist, Atmosphere

H. L. Mencken, Marion Elizabeth Rodgers (2010). “H.L. Mencken: Prejudices: First, Second, and Third Series”, Hubsta Ltd

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