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• And indeed this theme has been at the centre of all my research since 1943, both because of its intrinsic fascination and my conviction that a knowledge of sequences could contribute much to our understanding of living matter.

  Frederick Sanger

  Understanding, Fascination, Research

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• We like to have a point of view in our stories, not an obvious moral, but a worthwhile theme. ... All we are trying to do is give the public good entertainment. That is all they want.

  Walt Disney

  Fun, Views, Giving

  "The Gospel According to Disney : Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust". Book by Mark I. Pinsky, 2004.

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• And more than once in the course of time, the same theme reappears: among the mystics of the fifteenth century, it has become the motif of the soul as a skiff, abandoned on the infinite sea of desires, in the sterile field of cares and ignorance, among the mirages of knowledge, amid the unreason of the world - a craft at the mercy of the sea's great madness, unless it throws out a solid anchor, faith, or raises its spiritual sails so that the breath of God may bring it to port.

  Michel Foucault

  Spiritual, Ignorance, Anchors

  Michel Foucault (2013). “Madness and Civilization: A History of Insanity in the Age of Reason”, p.12, Vintage

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• I travel because I like to move from place to place, I enjoy the sense of freedom it gives me, it pleases me to be rid of ties, responsibilities, duties, I like the unknown; I meet odd people who amuse me for a moment and sometimes suggest a theme for a composition; I am often tired of myself and I have a notion that by travel I can add to my personality and so change myself a little. I do not bring back from the journey quite the same self that I took

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Change, Moving, Tired

  W. Somerset Maugham (1941). “the Gentleman in the Parlour”

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• The inconsistency of genius is a consistent theme of creativity.

  Jonah Lehrer

  Creativity, Creating, Genius

  "How Do We Identify Good Ideas?" by Jonah Lehrer, www.wired.com. January 23, 2012.

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• Olive Ann describes Sanna as 'a perfectionist and a worrier.' She is obsessed with the idea of finding happiness, and for her, as Olive ann wrote in her notes for the novel, 'happiness means being first with somebody, having perfect, loving children...The theme of Sanna is disillusionment,' Olive Ann wrote. 'Her life is the pursuit of happiness and perfection, but she finds happiness and perfection impossible to obtain-her idea of happiness is constant joy, no changes.

  Olive Ann Burns

  Children, Mean, Pursuit Of Happiness

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• I think of a plot, I think of an idea, and then I wonder, How can I get that onto the stage? . . . Whatever devices you use should always be there to serve the theme. If the theme has been overtaken by the device, then something's wrong.

  Alan Ayckbourn

  Thinking, Ideas, Plot

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• There's something in the Zeitgeist now. A lot of [film] scripts I get have these very dark themes, a cornucopia of dysfunction. You know, Jane is a 13-year-old anorexic who lives with her parents and has been raped by her father. And this is a comedy.

  Christine Vachon

  Father, Dark, Years

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• [H]istory is a melodrama on the theme of parasitism, characterized by scenes that are exciting or dull, as the case may be, and many a sudden stagetrick.

  Max Nordau

  History, Dull, May

  Max Nordau (1911). “The Interpretation of History”

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• Cooking is for capturing the taste of the food and then enhancing it, as a composer may take a theme and then delight us with his variations.

  Fernand Point

  Cooking, Variation, Delight

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• Capote, of course, addressed very similar themes to Good Night and Good Luck. Both films are about determined journalists defying obstacles in a relentless pursuit of the truth. Needless to say, both are period pieces.

  Jon Stewart

  Good Night, Good Luck, Pieces

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• I like the stories with the historical themes.

  Sarah Sutton

  Historical, Stories

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• I tend not to know what the plot is or the story is or even the theme. Those things come later, for me.

  Michael Ondaatje

  Plot, Stories, Knows

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• Reviewer: 'One of your themes was very similar to one of Beethoven's!' Brahms replied, 'Of course it is. Everyone steals - the important thing is to do it brilliantly.

  Johannes Brahms

  Important, Copying, Stealing

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• I adore themes of hope and courage and the ways we find meaning through suffering.

  Ruta Sepetys

  Suffering, Way, Adore

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• It's a common theme around the city of New Orleans; we're resilient people because we have to be. We love this place with all of our heart and all of our soul and I just wanted to try to do something that I could to help make it better.

  Mitch Landrieu

  Heart, New Orleans, Cities

  "New Orleans Mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. April 26, 2010.

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• I suppose you think that persons who are as old as your father and myself are always thinking about very grave things, but I know that we are meditating the same old themes that we did when we were ten years old, only we go more gravely about it.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Father, Thinking, Years

  Henry David Thoreau (2006). “Thoreau and the Art of Life: Precepts and Principles”, p.19, Heron Dance Press

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• The Puritans' sense of priorities in life was one of their greatest strengths. Putting God first and valuing everything else in relation to God was a recurrent Puritan theme.

  Leland Ryken

  Priorities In Life, Firsts, Puritan

  Leland Ryken (2010). “Worldly Saints: The Puritans As They Really Were”, p.299, Harper Collins

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• I always try and come up with a clear theme when I'm making a videogame.

  Shigeru Miyamoto

  Trying, Come Up, Videogame

  "Sensei Speaks". Interview with Peer Schneider and Matt Casamassina, www.ign.com. January 29, 1999.

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• Human life is fiction's only theme.

  Eudora Welty

  Fiction, Life Is, Human Life

  Eudora Welty (1962). “Three papers on fiction”

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• Many feel compelled to be connected around the clock because we are afraid we'll miss something important. There is a growing movement to step out and create 'quiet zones' to disconnect from technology and unwind, giving ourselves time to stop and be still. Color choices follow the same minimalistic, 'en plein air' theme, taking a cue from nature rather than being reinvented or mechanically manipulated. Soft, cool hues blend with subtle warm tones to create a soothing escape from the everyday hustle and bustle.

  Leatrice Eiseman

  Technology, Color, Hustle And Bustle

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• I like entertainment and think mastery is good, though I don't feel like a master. If a theme means having a story that's legible, then that's certainly what we do. But we don't treat design as an add-on layer.

  David Rockwell

  Mean, Thinking, Design

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• Someone recently played me 'Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell' by Das Racist. That should be my theme song.

  Dhani Harrison

  Song, Racist, Taco Bell

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I wrote 'Turn Your Radio On' in 1937, and it was published in 1938. At this time radio was relatively new to the rural people, especially gospel music programs. I had become alert to the necessity of creating song titles, themes, and plots, and frequently people would call me and say, 'Turn your radio on, Albert, they're singing one of your songs on such-and-such a station.' It finally dawned on me to use their quote, 'Turn your radio on,' as a theme for a religious originated song, and this was the beginning of 'Turn Your Radio On' as we know it.

  Albert E. Brumley

  Song, Religious, Creating

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• If there’s one theme that connects all my work, I think it’s that of land-lessness; how land makes people into who they are and what happens to them when they lose it and thus lose their identities.

  Larry Towell

  Thinking, Land, People

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