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The Life You Give: Alfred Hitchcock *VIII 13 1899
Alfred Hitchcock, born August 13, 1899, London, England, is the motion-picture director whose suspenseful films and television programs won immense popularity and critical acclaim over a long and tremendously productive career. His films are marked by a macabre sense of humour and a somewhat bleak view of the human condition. Hitchcock grew up in London’s…
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The Life You Give: Ian Anderson *VIII 10 1947
Born Ian Scott Anderson, August 10 1947 in Dunfermline, Scotland, Anderson was interested in music from a young age, gaining influence from his father James’ record collection of big band and jazz, as well as early rock & roll by Elvis Presley. The Anderson family later relocated to Blackpool where Ian finished his studies. In…
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Music versus Life
I remember very little of my childhood I can’t recall my parents ever touching meneither to caress, nor to punishI did not know anything about lovetenderness, contact, intimacy, warmthOnly through music did I have a chance to show my feelingsSometimes, when I lie awake at nightI wonder wether I have lived at allIs it the…
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sending you a very different hug, now
At a given time, in the most concise bundle of energy, of emotions, as the lightest of gestures possible, in the shortest form we have ever been able to convey — an sms, a short text — I may send you a hugSuch a short message differs greatly from the use of the phrase at…
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Garden
How is it possible that most humans, while breathing in the belief of being educated, successful, even free, do not have, nor care to have a garden?
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The artist is not free to do what he wants to do
The very first thing that a writer has to face is that he can not be told what to write. Nobody asked me to be a writer. I chose to be a writer. The one thing you have to do is try to tell the truth. In order to do it, when the book comes…
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