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“J.D. has a slightly dangerous edge and will bring a sense of spontaneity to our live show, ... In addition, he has both the star quality we were looking for and is an inspired lyricist. I think he'll grow with us on all levels.”
INXS
“Why not seize the pleasure at once? How often is happiness destroyed by preparation, foolish preparation!”
Jane Austen
“The spontaneity and immediacy would be lost. In addition, if questions are handed in a week in advance, what is the incentive for an audience to show up at all? As it is, it's hard to motivate people to come out and attend a meeting in person.”
Susan Greenberg
“I am neither spontaneous nor ready for anything.”
David Rakoff
“But all these are on a civil level and spontaneous, the work of mavericks. Such civil culture is often regarded as sub-mainstream, sub-culture, wild and sometimes dangerous so it is pushed aside instead of getting adequate approval.”
Cui Zi'en
“Only in spontaneity can we be who we truly are.”
John McLaughlin
“Our spontaneous action is always the best. You cannot, with your best deliberation and heed, come so close to any question as your spontaneous glance shall bring you.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“You conquered everyone because you were so spontaneous, so natural, ... It was such a frank way to say things, because yes is yes, no is no .... With President Bush, everything is simple.”
Silvio Berlusconi
“Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs and germinates no more.”
Henri Frederic Amiel
“He's walked into a couple of rooms where, spontaneously, he's received a standing ovation.”
Michael Morris
