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    For twenty-five centuries, Western knowledge has tried to look upon the world. It has failed to understand that the world is not for the beholding. It is for hearing. It is not legible, but audible. Our science has always desired to monitor, measure, abstract, and castrate meaning, forgetting that life is full of noise and that death alone is silent: work noise, noise of man, and noise of beast. Noise bought, sold, or prohibited. Nothing essential happens in the absence of noise.

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I said, 'You're from Chicago, home of the blues. Here's a nice blues record from a local band,'

I said, 'You're from Chicago, home of the blues. Here's a nice blues record from a local band,'

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Beauty has a lot to do with character.

Beauty has a lot to do with character.

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We had literary references, so we knew what we were talking about. We could quote things, talk about books we'd read more

We had literary references, so we knew what we were talking about. We could quote things, talk about books we'd read; you can say something, you don't have to explain it.

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I've rarely seen an issue in which such strong opinion that is so one-sided,

I've rarely seen an issue in which such strong opinion that is so one-sided,

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We stopped the military work to give credibility to the Palestinian Authority, without canceling other options.

We stopped the military work to give credibility to the Palestinian Authority, without canceling other options.

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This was Shakespeare's form; who walked in every path of human life, felt every passion; and to all mankind doth read more

This was Shakespeare's form; who walked in every path of human life, felt every passion; and to all mankind doth now, will ever, that experience yield which his own genius only could acquire.

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The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

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I win or I die.

I win or I die.

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French painting today is the only school which counts; only it plunders the universe for the logic of the great read more

French painting today is the only school which counts; only it plunders the universe for the logic of the great traditions, only it is full of life.

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