I'm an untrained musician. Untrained musicians don't really have any music theory, they don't have a lot of rules. We break the rules, but it's mostly because we don't know what the rules are. It's easy for us to go to certain places, so I'm not surprised that a lot of people were amused by my songwriting style. ~Frank Black
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A golden ring can tie a man as tight as any chain. ~Irish Proverb
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What is nature? Art thou not the living government of God? O Heaven, is it in very deed. He then that ever speaks through thee, that lives and loves in thee, that lives and loves in me? ~Thomas Carlyle
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There's a lot to be said for not displacing people. ~Barney Frank
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Human lives are hard, even those of health and privilege, and don't make much sense. This is the message of the "Book of Job": Any snappy explanation of suffering you come up with will be horseshit. ~Anne Lamott
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With lies you may get ahead in the world, but you can never go back. ~Russian Proverb
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Absence makes the heart grow fonder. ~English Proverb
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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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The dog wags his tail, not for you, but for your bread. ~Portuguese Proverb
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A trade not properly learned is an enemy. ~Irish Proverb
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A heavy purse makes a light heart. ~Irish Proverb
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You can't judge a book by its cover. ~English Proverb
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Friends are like fiddle strings, they must not be screwed too tight. ~English Proverb
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Man stands in his own shadow and wonders why it is dark. ~Zen Proverb
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There is nothing in our experience, however trivial, worldly, or even evil, which cannot be thought about christianly. ~Harry Blamires
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Necessity is the mother of invention. ~English Proverb
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Man is harder than rock and more fragile than an egg. ~Yugoslav Proverb
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Thoughts crystallize into habit and habit solidifies into circumstances. ~Bryan Adams
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A bird in the hand is better than two in the bush. ~Irish Proverb
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Too much rigidity on the part of teachers should be followed by a brisk spirit of insubordination on the part of the taught. ~Agnes Repplier
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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Many a true word is spoken in jest. ~English Proverb
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He is not likely to learn who is not willing to be taught; for the learner has something to do, as well as the teacher. ~Benjamin Whichcote
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When there is no thought, the kundalini rises. When you create a vacuum, something will be drawn into it. The less thought you have, the more kundalini will flow through the chakras, the shushumna. ~Frederick Lenz
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I haven't told anyone this before, but when I was a teenager. I actually thought I was turning into a boy, and I did'nt really care. It did'nt bother me at all. ~Vivienne Westwood
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