I prefer to choose which traditions to keep and which to let go.
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All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice.
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Although I am deeply grateful to a great many people, I forgo the temptation of naming them for fear that I might slight any by omission.
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After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were not permitted to - read, were given sermons by the few who could.
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You don't really need modernity in order to exist totally and fully. You need a mixture of modernity and tradition.
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I always sang, I always acted, I always played.
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