Quote by Andre Maurois
An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the t

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along. – Andre Maurois

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The effectiveness of work increases according to geometric progression if there are no interruptions. – Andre Maurois

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The most important quality in a leader is that of being acknowledged as such. All leaders whose fitness is questioned are clearly lacking in force. – Andre Maurois

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We should so provide for old age that it may have no urgent wants of this world to absorb it from meditation on the next. It is awful to see the lean hands of dotage making a coffer of the grave. – Pearl S. Buck

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I love my kids, and the moments I have with them, and its kind of weird, its such an age old cliche, but the way that my sons, the way they make me feel when I look at them, the way they say things, no one else would probably react to them, but its a special thing for me. – Michael Rapaport

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Anybody under the age of forty knows hip-hop, gospel and R&ampB pretty well, and its all a part of what we consider to be black music. There is a natural synergy between the three. – John Legend

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I believe we should encourage children to sing and play instruments from an early age. – Mick Jagger

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