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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. B. F. Skinner
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. Bill Crawford
safety wind
That could wind up costing a person a lot more than $50-$60 for a safety seat. Ernest Moore
safety tool
I think it will be an important tool for the safety of children. Roger Anderson
safety
It has nothing to do with safety and everything to do with money. Joe Scott
safety
For the under-insured and the working poor, this is their safety net. Tom Chambers
safety work
If Tufts doesn't work out, my safety is to go back to Yale, where I used to teach. Robert Sternberg
safety trying
We've been trying to look at things with some safety, Ron Hill
safety leader imagine
Imagine if investors in Wal-Mart really cared about bribery at that company's overseas operations or safety standards at its overseas manufacturing plants. If investors pulled their capital, corporate leaders would have to respond. Eliot Spitzer
safety lists values
Value will always be on top of everyone's lists now, right along with safety. David Neeleman
safety pilots aviation
Nobody ever thought about having to protect the passengers from the pilots. David Neeleman
democracy fighting parties
Our parties are better at fighting for democracy than making it work. Kunda Dixit
democracy people resulting sudden undermine war
Sudden change, even if it is for the good, is disruptive. Democracy for people who are not used to it can undermine stability, resulting in war even. Mahathir Mohamad
democracy
Our communications system, and our democracy, is at a crossroads. Jeff Chester
democracy election vote
Democracy is one person, one vote and a full discussion of the issues that affect us. Oligarchy is billionaires buying elections, voter suppression and a concentrated corporate media determining what we see, hear and read. Bernie Sanders
democracy difficult fragile landmark towards
landmark in a very difficult fragile development towards democracy. Emma Bonino
democracy aristocracy poverty
The faith in reason insists that the poverty of democracy offers a greater hope for mankind than the prosperity that attaches itself to aristocracy or despotism. Bill Vaughan
democracy impossible belief
A fanatical belief in democracy makes democratic institutions impossible. Bertrand Russell
democracy duty means promote view violence
It is our duty to promote the view that democracy and not violence is the means of making change, Charles Clark
democracy everybody journalist laptop suppose thinks
I suppose that's democracy really. But everybody with a laptop thinks they're a journalist these days. That's a problem. Helen Thomas