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The test would be to \"nibble out\" twenty minutes per day to do something totally unrelated to the above.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Rusbridger''s description of mastering the Ballade is hugely engaging, yet his subject is clearly larger than any one piece of classical music. \u003ci\u003ePlay It Again\u003c\/i\u003e deals with focus, discipline, and desire but is, above all, about the sanctity of one''s inner life in a world dominated by deadlines and distractions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhat will you do with\u003c\/i\u003e your \u003ci\u003etwenty minutes?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e have had second thoughts. For it would transpire that, at the same time, I would be steering the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e through one of the most dramatic years in its history.\" It was a year that began with WikiLeaks'' massive dump of state secrets and ended with the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e''s revelations about widespread phone hacking at \u003ci\u003eNews of the World\u003c\/i\u003e. \"In between, there were the Japanese tsunami, the Arab Spring, the English riots . . . and the death of Osama Bin Laden,\" writes Rusbridger. The test would be to \"nibble out\" twenty minutes per day to do something totally unrelated to the above.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Rusbridger''s description of mastering the Ballade is hugely engaging, yet his subject is clearly larger than any one piece of classical music. \u003ci\u003ePlay It Again\u003c\/i\u003e deals with focus, discipline, and desire but is, above all, about the sanctity of one''s inner life in a world dominated by deadlines and distractions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhat will you do with\u003c\/i\u003e your \u003ci\u003etwenty minutes?\u003c\/i\u003ehave had second thoughts. For it would transpire that, at the same time, I would be steering the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e through one of the most dramatic years in its history.\" It was a year that began with WikiLeaks'' massive dump of state secrets and ended with the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e''s revelations about widespread phone hacking at \u003ci\u003eNews of the World\u003c\/i\u003e. \"In between, there were the Japanese tsunami, the Arab Spring, the English riots . . . and the death of Osama Bin Laden,\" writes Rusbridger. The test would be to \"nibble out\" twenty minutes per day to do something totally unrelated to the above.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Rusbridger''s description of mastering the Ballade is hugely engaging, yet his subject is clearly larger than any one piece of classical music. \u003ci\u003ePlay It Again\u003c\/i\u003e deals with focus, discipline, and desire but is, above all, about the sanctity of one''s inner life in a world dominated by deadlines and distractions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhat will you do with\u003c\/i\u003e your \u003ci\u003etwenty minutes?\u003c\/i\u003ehave had second thoughts. For it would transpire that, at the same time, I would be steering the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e through one of the most dramatic years in its history.\" It was a year that began with WikiLeaks'' massive dump of state secrets and ended with the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e''s revelations about widespread phone hacking at \u003ci\u003eNews of the World\u003c\/i\u003e. \"In between, there were the Japanese tsunami, the Arab Spring, the English riots . . . and the death of Osama Bin Laden,\" writes Rusbridger. The test would be to \"nibble out\" twenty minutes per day to do something totally unrelated to the above.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Rusbridger''s description of mastering the Ballade is hugely engaging, yet his subject is clearly larger than any one piece of classical music. \u003ci\u003ePlay It Again\u003c\/i\u003e deals with focus, discipline, and desire but is, above all, about the sanctity of one''s inner life in a world dominated by deadlines and distractions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhat will you do with\u003c\/i\u003e your \u003ci\u003etwenty minutes?\u003c\/i\u003eranspire that, at the same time, I would be steering the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e through one of the most dramatic years in its history.\" It was a year that began with WikiLeaks'' massive dump of state secrets and ended with the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e''s revelations about widespread phone hacking at \u003ci\u003eNews of the World\u003c\/i\u003e. \"In between, there were the Japanese tsunami, the Arab Spring, the English riots . . . and the death of Osama Bin Laden,\" writes Rusbridger. 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