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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
vanity larger-than-life problem
I guess I'm larger than life. That's my problem. Bette Davis
vanity age three
Aristocracy has three successive ages. First superiority s, then privileges and finally vanities. Having passed from the first, it degenerates in the second and dies in the third. Bill Vaughan
vanity potency motive
Vanity is a motive of immense potency. Bertrand Russell
vanity wish trouble
One of the troubles about vanity is that it grows with what it feeds on. The more you are talked about, the more you will wish to be talked about. Bertrand Russell
vanity people would-be
I have been merely oppressed by the weariness and tedium and vanity of things lately: nothing stirs me, nothing seems worth doing or worth having done: the only thing that I strongly feel worth while would be to murder as many people as possible so as to diminish the amount of consciousness in the world. These times have to be lived through: there is nothing to be done with them. Bertrand Russell
vanity satisfaction needs
What vanity needs for its satisfaction is glory, and it's easy to have glory without power. Bertrand Russell
vanity surface
Vanity is but the surface. Blaise Pascal
vanity giving people
We are so presumptuous that we should like to be known all over the world, even by people who will only come when we are no more. Such is our vanity that the good opinion of half a dozen of the people around us gives us pleasure and satisfaction. Blaise Pascal
vanity arena conversation
There is no arena in which vanity displays itself under such a variety of forms as in conversation. Blaise Pascal
littles bits little-bit
It gets a little bit troublesome when you have something that's overcompressed that shouldn't be. Beck
littles
I did that Grammys thing - I did a little freeform poem. Beck
littles little-things hardest
It is often little things that are hardest to stand. C. S. Lewis
littles harder hard
Don't be so hard on yourself. Be a little harder on yourself. Learn from your experiences. Don't dwell on things. Get on with your life. Cathy Moriarty
littles want left
All I want is the best of everything and there's very little of that left. Cecil Beaton
littles analysis boring
What's the harm of a little mystification? It sure beats boring statistical analyses. Carl Sagan
littles needs sometimes
The universe throws us some obvious little pitches sometimes, and we need to be awake enough not to let them slip by. Berkeley Breathed
littles way program
Everything is getting bigger. The way to go now is to program in a little more sophistication. Bill Budge
littles statistics might
Calculus required continuity, and continuity was supposed to require the infinitely little; but nobody could discover what the infinitely little might be. Bertrand Russell