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" In my own life I studied music, not creative writing; I see a novel as music - an opening as an overture, themes and subplots as lines in a fugue. The chance to write a novel about a musician boxed in by all kinds of limitations but who plays out his ultimate struggle for freedom at the piano was irresistible. "

Nicole Mones

Life

Writing

Freedom

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" Anywhere, anytime ordinary people are given the chance to choose, the choice is the same: freedom, not tyranny; democracy, not dictatorship; the rule of law, not the rule of the secret police. "

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" Power is the chance to impose your will within a social context, even when opposed and regardless of the integrity of that chance. "

" I don't write on topics that require a lot of urgency. But in 'Stiff,' I wanted to change people's hearts about organ donation. Whenever I get a chance, I try to talk about that. "

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" I feel I am blessed. So many actresses went without doing a period film in their career, and I got a chance to do one in my first film. "

" Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves. "

" Since there is nothing so well worth having as friends, never lose a chance to make them. "

Francesco Guicciardini

Friends

Friendship

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" When a person cannot deceive himself the chances are against his being able to deceive other people. "

" Now we Democrats believe that America is still the country of fair play, that we can come out of a small town or a poor neighborhood and have the same chance as anyone else, and it doesn't matter whether we are black or Hispanic, or disabled or women. "

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" The things I learned from my parents, what was deeply ingrained in their generation, is this idea of opportunity and the freedom to have an opportunity. The way the United States was thought of is as a place you can have this chance to do anything, to say, 'This is my idea, and I get to offer it to you, and if you like it, I can profit from it.' "

" The whole life of an American is passed like a game of chance, a revolutionary crisis, or a battle. "

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" It took me six months to redeem myself at least to have another chance to at least have her get to know me and let her know I was at least a decent guy and to give me a shot. And here we are, we've been married seven years. "

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" There's talent on the streets, kids with ideas who have stories to tell and never get a chance. "

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" I think one of the coolest things you can do is disappear for a while, because it gives you the chance to re-emerge. To sort of pounce out of the jungle. "

" Children are our second chance to have a great parent-child relationship. "