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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What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth. ~Jewish Proverb
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The fool ignores proverbs, while the wise man learns from them. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is a theory that creativity arises when individuals are out of sync with their environment. To put it simply, people who fit in with their communities have insufficient motivation to risk their psyches in creating something truly new, while those who are out of sync are driven by the constant need to prove their worth. ~Gary Taubes
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Autumn is the hush before winter. ~French Proverb
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Before you begin on the journey of revenge, dig two graves. ~Proverb
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He that is rich will not be called a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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I will stand on, and continue to use, the figures I have used, because I believe they are correct. Now, I'm not going to deny that you don't now and then slip up on something; no one bats a thousand. ~Ronald Reagan
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The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it. ~Chinese Proverb
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I know just how isolating it can feel to experience severe anxiety. ~Zoe Sugg
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I find it shocking that anybody can be brought down in D.C. for gossip, ostensibly. I thought that was the coin of the realm there. That's like getting hit with lightning on a cloudless day. ~Dennis Miller
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Patty Griffin is iconic, and there's no other word to really describe her. She is iconic for a lot of people; not only for me but for a lot of fans. Her voice is one of a kind, and she's such an important figure in the American music scene. ~Dierks Bentley
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A lie travels round the world while truth is putting her boots on. ~French Proverb
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Embrace your dorkdom or rail against it. The choice is yours. ~Brendan Fraser
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The idea of atomic energy is illusionary but it has taken so powerful a hold on the minds, that although I have preached against it for twenty-five years, there are still some who believe it to be realizable. ~Nikola Tesla
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I think to an extent every human being needs to be redeemed somewhat or at least needs to look at themselves and say, "I've made mistakes, I'm off course, I need to change." Which is probably the hardest thing for a human being to do, and maybe that's why it interests me so. ~Joss Whedon
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Children are poor men's riches. ~English Proverb
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If you want happiness for a lifetime, help someone else. ~Chinese Proverb
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Everyone loves justice in the affairs of another. ~Italian Proverb
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There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it. ~Chinese Proverb
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We believe that civilization has been created under the pressure of the exigencies of life at the cost of satisfaction of the instincts. ~Sigmund Freud
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Were it not for fractures there would be no pottery. ~Arabic Proverb
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If you want something done well, do it yourself. ~English Proverb
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This world is run by people who know how to do things. They know how things work. They are equipped. Up there, there is a layer of people who run everything. But we, we are just peasants. We do not understand what is going on, and we cannot do anything. ~Doris Lessing
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The Senate is now considering increasing government subsidies for corn growers to produce more ethanol. If we produce enough ethanol we can postpone our next invasion of a Middle Eastern country for two to three years. ~Jay Leno
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