The music comes first. When Geoff has made something the inspiration comes automatically. His music is very expressive. But still is is a very difficult process. I have to add something to his music, not push it away. It has to be equal, and I find that very difficult. ~Beth Gibbons
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There is a reason I moved to NYC, and if I listed all the musicians on my list you'd grow weary. ~Trevor Dunn
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And they need not cause you grief. As my Highland grandmother said, and she had the Sight-Tis not the dead ye have to be concerned about! Beware of the Living! And she was a wise woman. The dead are beyond your help or mine, poor things. But the living need us. Thirty souls at the least, Phryne, are still on that island to praise God who might now be angels-or devils. ~Kerry Greenwood
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I must go on living. And, though it may be childish of me, I can't go on in simple compliance. From now on I must struggle with the world. I thought that Mother might well be the last of those who can end their lives beautifully and sadly, struggling with no one, neither hating nor betraying anyone. In the world to come there will be no room for such people. The dying are beautiful, but to live, to survive; those things somehow seem hideous and contaminated with blood. ~Osamu Dazai
#quotes #osamu-dazai #life #mother #hardship

I believe that before anything else I'm a human being; just as much as you are... or at any rate I shall try to become one. I know quite well that most people would agree with you, Torvald, and that you have warrant for it in books; but I can't be satisfied any longer with what most people say, and with what's in books. I must think things out for myself and try to understand them. ~Henrik Ibsen
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A leopard cannot change its spots. ~African Proverb
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Every beetle is a gazelle in the eyes of its mother. ~Moorish Proverb
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So, tomorrow, I'm leaving. And I'm not going to let that happen again with anyone else. I'm going to be who I really am. I'm going to figure out what this is. ~Stephen Chbosky
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To the ruler, the people are heaven; to the people, food is heaven. ~Chinese Proverb
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Yes, worship of the loving God is man's whole reason for existence. ~Aiden Wilson Tozer
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As proud as a peacock. ~Proverb
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Poverty and anger do not agree. ~Arabic Proverb
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The ways to the One are as many as the lives of men. ~Zen Proverb
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Anger can be an expensive luxury. ~Italian Proverb
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I admit that, my wife is outspoken, but by whom? ~Sam Levenson
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A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing. ~Pearl Bailey
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I think children learning to cook can be such a wonderful thing. It can help build confidence, make them feel good about themselves. It helped me build my ego and even start to get acceptance at school. I would bring things to class that I had cooked at home. ~Giada De Laurentiis
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Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. ~Chinese Proverb
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A fear of the unknown keeps a lot of people from leaving bad situations. ~Kathie Lee Gifford
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I had wanted simply to convey to the reader by way of concrete example that life holds a potential meaning under any conditions, even the most miserable ones. And I thought that if the point were demonstrated in a situation as extreme as that in a concentration camp, my book might gain a hearing. I therefore felt responsible for writing down what I had gone through, for I thought it might be helpful to people who are prone to despair. ~Viktor E. Frankl
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We grow too soon old and too late smart. ~Dutch Proverb
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What if loving something means you should mostly feel frustrated and thwarted? And then a little ruined, too, by the pursuit? But you keep coming back for more? ~Chang-Rae Lee
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Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London. ~Kenneth Robert Livingstone
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To tell a woman everything she may not do is to tell her what she can do. ~Spanish Proverb
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For all my criticisms of the current system, it doesn't mean that I would like to return to the old one. ~Helen Suzman
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