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LARA ST. JOHN I thought that maybe it is not so much, as he seems to think, that the world loses interest in femal... LARA ST. JOHN There are no benefactors in Canada because there is no incentive. LARA ST. JOHN Mostly this problem is contained in the fact that the US makes it so difficult for Canadians to get ... LARA ST. JOHN Ergo, because of the money problem, it is probable that our orchestras will soon go down in quality. LARA ST. JOHN For many years, the government of Canada has massively supported orchestras and the arts in general. LARA ST. JOHN Naturally, I was a bit of a curiosity, being the first hydrogen peroxide ingestion patient they had ... LARA ST. JOHN When you arrive at your destination, pay absolutely no attention to the thing people call jetlag. LARA ST. JOHN There is no earthly reason why a solo string instrument or voice, having the possibility to play or ... LARA ST. JOHN The concept is basically; that the pieces we know and love are made up of scales, arpeggios, and the... LARA ST. JOHN Although I do not have a family, I have eyes, ears and imagination, and know, as most people know, t... LARA ST. JOHN I am very lucky and grateful to have this living link to a past era, the violin presumably having mu... LARA ST. JOHN Another thing: despite my youthful appearance, I am quite capable of making decisions. LARA ST. JOHN Let me be very honest and just say that if any airline would let me take the violin and the laptop o... LARA ST. JOHN I see no reason to hide who I am or what I look like. LARA ST. JOHN What is classical music if not the epitome of sensuality, passion, and understated erotica that popu... LARA ST. JOHN Love is a binding force, by which another is joined to me and cherished by myself. ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the pers... ST. THOMAS AQUINAS It is necessary to posit something which is necessary of itself, and has no cause of its necessity o... ST. THOMAS AQUINAS God should not be called an individual substance, since the principal of individuation is matter. ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Every judgement of conscience, be it right or wrong, be it about things evil in themselves or morall... ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Distinctions drawn by the mind are not necessarily equivalent to distinctions in reality. ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Because we cannot know what God is, but only what He is not, we cannot consider how He is but only h... ST. THOMAS AQUINAS To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them. ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Temperance is simply a disposition of the mind which binds the passion. ST. THOMAS AQUINAS Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practi... ST. THOMAS AQUINAS