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I like to explore a lot of textural, arrangement aspects in the studio. ↗

— David Sylvian

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It wasn't my natural inclination to get into writing protest songs. ↗

— David Sylvian

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Sometimes a little compromise isn't a bad thing. You don't need to be precious about it. ↗

— David Sylvian

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The general knowledge of time on the island depends, curiously enough, on the direction of the wind. ↗

— John Millington Synge

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The public so often want to freeze the artist in a moment in time when they were at their peak, and they want the artist to revisit it over and over again as if it was something authentic. ↗

— David Sylvian

#artist #authentic #freeze #moment #often

FDR had been Assistant Secretary of the Navy. They told me, now forgotten, just how many pictures of ships they took out of the White House after he died. But he could choose good men. ↗

— Stuart Symington

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Hardly had I left when we ran into the Korean war, doubled what I had asked for and doubled it again. I had told him I would stay in Government, be honored to, but not with the Air Force. ↗

— Stuart Symington

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A good reputation is more valuable than money. ↗

— Publilius Syrus

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Each day is the scholar of yesterday. ↗

— Publilius Syrus

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Later the Administration wanted me to actually sell all remaining surplus by running the War Assets Corporation. I said I couldn't do it without some shoe leather. ↗

— Stuart Symington

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