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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Life is a bridge. Cross over it, but build no house on it. ~Indian Proverb
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We have been playing to a 70-30 black to white audience. And we are just doing what should come next, trying to attract a larger house, trying to reach an audience that's half black and white. ~Valerie Simpson
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We have first raised a dust and then complain we cannot see. ~George Berkeley
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Do not look for more honor than your learning merits. ~Jewish Proverb
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When the student is ready, the master appears. ~Zen Proverb
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I never wanted to do the same kind of movies over and over anyway, so my theory on it all is I'm just gonna try and dodge the label and keep doing what I am doing. ~Matt Damon
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It's American Alternative radio stations that bug me. We're considered Alternative, but don't expect us to be played next to Blink 182 and Offspring. We're hardly of that generation. ~Thurston Moore
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Americans have a warrior's mentality, most of them. That's how this society was built. The fact that you own a gun and shoot to defend your life is a very American way of thinking. ~Isabel Allende
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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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A silent mouth is melodious. ~Irish Proverb
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If Americans knew how to deal with other people, they could bring peace to the world. Alas, they have not learned enough yet. The true American feels that he is 100 percent welcome anywhere he goes. ~Nguyen Cao Ky
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In 1950, American families sent 1 of 50 of their hard earned dollars to Washington; today it is 1 in 4. ~John Ensign
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Perfect love sometimes does not come until the first grandchild. ~Welsh Proverb
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Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic Proverb
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It is better to weep with wise men than to laugh with fools. ~Spanish Proverb
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Instinct is stronger than upbringing. ~Irish Proverb
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You can't pick cherries with your back to the tree. ~J. P. Morgan
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He that is rich will not be called a fool. ~Spanish Proverb
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Kindness is a language which the blind can see and the deaf can hear. ~African Proverb
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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. ~French Proverb
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The superior doctor prevents sickness; the mediocre doctor attends to impending sickness; the inferior doctor treats actual sickness. ~Chinese Proverb
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I've been wearing Wrangler jeans for more than a decade now, all the way back to when I first started playing clubs in my teens in Georgia. ~Jason Aldean
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A guest should be blind in another man's house. ~Irish Proverb
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In a bet there is a fool and a thief. ~Proverb
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