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self creative tone
Our peasant music, naturally, is invariably tonal, if not always in the sense that the inflexible major and minor system is tonal. (An "atonal" folk-music, in my opinion, is unthinkable.) Since we depend upon a tonal basis of this kind in our creative work, it is quite self-evident that our works are quite pronouncedly tonal in type. I must admit, however, that there was a time when I thought I was approaching a species of twelve-tone music. Yet even in works of that period the absolute tonal foundation is unmistakable. Bela Bartok
self abandon one-thing
The one thing which you have to abandon unconditionally is your self. Bede Griffiths
self self-respect world
Learn to live in this world with self-respect B. R. Ambedkar
self society devil
Avoid self-righteousness like the devil- nothing is so self-blinding. B. H. Liddell Hart
selfish damn-you ideas
I've had only one idea in my life - a true idee fixe. To put it as bluntly as possible - the idea of having my own way. 'Control!' expresses it. The control of human behavior. In my early experimental days it was a frenzied, selfish desire to dominate. I remember the rage I used to feel when a prediction went awry. I could have shouted at the subjects of my experiments, 'Behave, damn you! Behave as you ought! B. F. Skinner
self behavior given
A self is a repertoire of behavior appropriate to a given set of contingencies.
self knowing done
I've rarely done anything that's overtly self-destructive without consciously knowing what I'm doing. And then of course, the astute journalist jumps forward and says, "Why are you being calculated?" Calculated seems to assume a sinister intent. My intent is always for artistic effect. Billy Corgan
self decision behavior
To understand ourself, we must understand our "selves," or the parts of us that motivate our thoughts, decisions, and behaviors. Bill Crawford
self-confidence keys knowing
The key to self-confidence is knowing that you would choose you... and why. In this way the chosen becomes the chooser, and love versus fear becomes the energy of choice.
deception nursery virtuous
Not to be, but to seem, virtuous - it is a formula whose utility we all discovered in the nursery. C. S. Lewis
deception delusion denial jerry means offers
Jerry Kilgore offers denial and delusion, ... Mr. Kaine: Delusion and deceit. That means nothing happens. Russell Potts
deception improved promised voters widening
That was a deception of the voters, ... Voters were promised widening of 99 and improved interchanges on 99, 41 and 180. And what they got, primarily, was 168. Kevin Hall
deception found friend
I have found that a friend may profess, yet deceive. Lord Byron
deception novelty deceiving
It is not only old and early impressions that deceive us; the charms of novelty have the same power. Blaise Pascal
deception deceived
We like to be deceived.
deception princes seduced stay tribes
The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.
deception agents secrecy
The broad outlines of the Double Cross deception have been known since 1972, when Sir John Masterman, the former chairman of the double agent committee, controversially published his account of the operation in defiance of official secrecy. Ben Macintyre
deception needs irreverence
What we need is a rebirth of satire, of dissent, of irreverence, of an uncompromising insistence that phoniness is phony and platitudes are platitudinous. Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
dying talk
Patriots always talk of dying for their country, and never of killing for their country.
dying houses people sleeping streets
Our people are dying on the streets -- we are desperate, ... There are not enough houses for us. Just look at our babies, sleeping outside.
dying fears hopes sleeping
Our very hopes belied our fears, / Our fears our hopes belied - / We thought her dying when she slept, / And sleeping when she died! Thomas Hood
dying purpose activism
living for a high purpose is as honorable as dying for it. Carrie Chapman Catt
dying want pages
He comic page is dying; I didn't want to go with it. Berkeley Breathed
dying entertainment industry
Entertainment, really, is a dying industry. Ashton Kutcher
dying night practice stay wish
I wish sir, you would practice this without me. I can't stay dying here all night
dying funny past pierce prime seen slowly total
Bullfighting ... is past its prime and is slowly dying out; and Pierce, as his character, is past his prime and is slowly dying out. It complements things that Pierce has done. What we haven't seen in Pierce before is the vulnerability because in every part he's ever played, he's always been in control. What's funny about Julian is he should be in total control, but he's a total mess. Richard Shepard
dying kisses-and-kissing love
I make out with Christina Ricci... many times. But no real love scenes. I'm dying to. Casey Affleck