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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.
crucible goodness
He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him! Arthur Miller
crucible intellectual pursuit
HALE, with a tasty love of intellectual pursuit
crucible may principles
Life, woman, life is God's most precious gift; no principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it.
crucible naked providence
Peace. It is a providence, and no great change; we are only what we always were, but naked now.
crucible devil stones
The Devil is precise; the marks of his presence are definite as stone...
crucible church atheism
There are many who stay away from church these days because you hardly ever mention God any more.
crucible gold faces
When I can see my face in it [the liquid gold in the crucible] then it is pure. Amy Carmichael
crucible early gives groups immigrant inner minorities phenomena spreading time
As minorities and other immigrant groups become more important to our economy, the inner city is a crucible that gives us an early look at phenomena that are going to be spreading more broadly in the economy over time. Michael Porter
crucible desert west
The High Plains, the beginning of the desert West, often act as a crucible for those who inhabit them. Kathleen Norris
mastery awareness offense
Mastery of awareness requires that you never take personal offense. Deepak Chopra
mastery artistry
After mastery comes artistry and not before. Gregory Bateson
mastery done odd-things
One of the odd things about being a writer is that you never reach a point of certainty, a point of mastery where you can say, Right. Now I understand how this is done. Jenny Offill
mastery language remarkable
Mastery of language affords remarkable power. Frantz Fanon
mastery mix proven quantity stuff tremendous
He's a proven quantity here. - He has a tremendous mastery of his off-speed stuff and he can really mix it up. George Hansen
mastery environment
One can have no more mastery over the environment, than one has over himself. Leonardo da Vinci
mastery young
When you're really young, you're young for life. Pablo Picasso
mastery imagine circumstances
It is misleading to imagine that we are developed in spite of our circumstances, for we are developed because of them. It is mastery in circumstances that is needed, not mastery over them. Oswald Chambers
mastery egotism
Mastery passes often for egotism. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe