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Quote by Vladimir Nabokov
My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, so

My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music. – Vladimir Nabokov

Other quotes by Vladimir Nabokov

Discussion in class, which means letting twenty young blockheads and two cocky neurotics discuss something that neither their teacher nor they know. – Vladimir Nabokov

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teacher
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Vladimir Nabokov
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The cradle rocks above an abyss, and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness. – Vladimir Nabokov

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Light
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Other Quotes from
Music
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One and the same thing can at the same time be good, bad, and indifferent, e.g., music is good to the melancholy, bad to those who mourn, and neither good nor bad to the deaf. – Baruch Spinoza

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Music

Oh, I will always be honest with my music. The records are black boxes for me. Like if you want to know who I am, my views, my perspective, things I love, things I hate, my convictions, my anthems. Ive never let peoples opinions affect the way I write. – Katy Perry

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Music

I always think Im the Tom Cruise of music – a lot of success and fans, but no critics, darling. – Jon Bon Jovi

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Music

In essence, String Theory describes space and time, matter and energy, gravity and light, indeed all of Gods creation… as music. – Roy H. Williams

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Music

Random Quotes

I was raised on comic books, and I love science fiction. – Mayim Bialik

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Science

Stubbornness does have its helpful features. You always know what you are going to be thinking tomorrow. – Glen Beaman

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Change

Beware the fury of a patient man. – John Dryden, Absolam and Achitophel, 1680

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Patience

Hollywood films have become a cesspool of formula and its up to us to try to change it… I feel like a preacher! But its really true. I feel personally responsible for the future of American cinema. Me personally. – Alexander Payne

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Future