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No leader sets out to become a leader. People set out to live their lives, expressing themselves fully. When that expression is of value, they become leaders. So the point is not to become a leader. The point is to become yourself, to use yourself completely

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The men who create power make an indispensable contribution to the Nation

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Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.

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I believe in God, Mozart, and Beethoven.

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We mortals with immortal minds are only born for sufferings and joys, and one could almost say that the most excellent receive joy through sufferings.

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Music is a higher revelation than philosophy.

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Music, verily, is the mediator between intellectual and sensuous life... the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.

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I have never thought of writing for reputation and honor. What I have in my heart must come out; that is the reason why I compose.

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I wish you music to help with the burdens of life ,and to help you release your happiness to others.

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(Kenneth) Star...(has) done what I could not do in a quarter century: make pornography more widely available.

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