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When you create something new, you're breaking tradition - which is an act of defiance.


Steven Strogatz

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STEVEN ADLER Every 15, 20, 25 years, a new rock and roll record needs to come out and a new rock and roll band ne...
STEVEN ADLER Part of recovery is relapse. I dust myself off and move forward again.
STEVEN ADLER A lot of people are afraid of heights. Not me, I'm afraid of widths.
STEVEN WRIGHT I look at other filmmakers and see skills in them that I wish I had but I know that I don't. I f...
STEVEN SODERBERGH Whenever I think of the past, it brings back so many memories.
STEVEN WRIGHT As powerful as is our soul's call, so potent are the forces of Resistance arrayed against it. We...
STEVEN PRESSFIELD I'm immensely grateful for the precious gift my mother has given me. She is my hero today and ev...
STEVEN COJOCARU In Vegas, I got into a long argument with the man at the roulette wheel over what I considered to be...
STEVEN WRIGHT I grew up with the smell of the lake and the feeling of the woods.
STEVEN TYLER Thank you to all for your prayers and good wishes. It gave me the strength to persevere and warmed m...
STEVEN COJOCARU The strongest argument against totalitarianism may be a recognition of a universal human nature; tha...
STEVEN PINKER In our experience at Safeway, we're confident that we can actually improve the quality of health...
STEVEN BURD It doesn't matter what temperature the room is, it's always room temperature.
STEVEN WRIGHT Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time.
STEVEN WRIGHT I put instant coffee in a microwave oven and almost went back in time.
STEVEN WRIGHT I don't hold that everybody has to love fashion. Some people like gardening.
STEVEN COJOCARU The revolutionary sees his task as liberation not only of the oppressed but also of the oppressor. H...
STEVEN BIKO The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.
STEVEN BIKO Experience is something you don't get until just after you need it.
STEVEN WRIGHT