I am very pleased to be involved with the Daniel Pearl Music Days committee because its message resonates with me on a very personal level, My own career is an example of the universal power of music, especially the power of Hip Hop, to bring people of different backgrounds together for a common purpose. I hope that my commitment to the Daniel Pearl Music Days committee will encourage all music lovers, both amateurs and professionals - to get involved with the Music Days performance network and contribute to the "Harmony For Humanity" e-Stage. ~Russell Simmons
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A philosopher is, no doubt, entitled to examine even those distinctions that are to be found in the structure of all languages; in that case, such a distinction may be imputed to a vulgar error, which ought to be corrected in philosophy. ~Thomas Reid
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When eating bamboo sprouts, remember the man who planted them. ~Chinese Proverb
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Luck seeks those who flee and flees those who seek it. ~German Proverb
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There is no such thing as a free lunch. ~English Proverb
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In reading a novel, any novel, we have to know perfectly well that the whole thing is nonsense, and then, while reading, believe every word of it. Finally, when we're done with it, we may find, if it's a good novel, that we're a bit different from what we were before we read it, that we have changed a little. But it's very hard to say just what we learned, how we were changed. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
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I'm a person that just likes to speak the truth, and I don't understand why in America, it's such a big deal that we won't read the Koran and we won't look at history. ~Pat Robertson
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A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains. ~Dutch Proverb
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I'm an untrained musician. Untrained musicians don't really have any music theory, they don't have a lot of rules. We break the rules, but it's mostly because we don't know what the rules are. It's easy for us to go to certain places, so I'm not surprised that a lot of people were amused by my songwriting style. ~Frank Black
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No novel has ever changed anything, as far as I can see. ~Martin Amis
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One kind word can warm three winter months. ~Japanese Proverb
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This arena is a special place. Everybody loves it. To be able to stand behind the bench and be a part of a great tournament for the '96 Elite is fun. The kids, having a chance to play in the building where the Penguins play, it's a special feeling for them. ~Mario Lemieux
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Let your heart guide your head in evil matters. ~Spanish Proverb
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The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
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Clear conscience never fears midnight knocking. ~Chinese Proverb
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Interesting things always come from being really exhausted and really sick. ~Adam Driver
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A book is like a garden carried in the pocket. ~Chinese Proverb
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A kind word is like a Spring day. ~Russian Proverb
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder. ~English Proverb
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One man's trash is another man's treasure. ~English Proverb
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Wisdom begins with the fear of God. ~Irish Proverb
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You well never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. ~Irish Proverb
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Verse comedy is interesting to me because of the challenge of writing in rhymed couplets, which is not a form that's usually amenable to English, yet to me it gives great possibility for comedy. ~David Ives
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You have got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was. ~Irish Proverb
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As a writer, I demand the right to write any character in the world that I want to write. I demand the right to be them, I demand the right to think them and I demand the right to tell the truth as I see they are. ~Quentin Tarantino
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