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• Who rant by note, and through the gamut rage; in songs and airs express their martial fire; combat in trills, and in a fugue expire.

  Joseph Addison

  Song, Fire, Air

  Joseph Addison (1808). “The Poetical Works of Joseph Addison: Collated with the Best Editions”, p.54

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• When every brake hath found its note, and sunshine smiles in every flower.

  Edward Everett

  Spring, Flower, Sunshine

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• As the Christian's sorrows multiply, his patience grows, until, with sweet, unruffled quiet, he can confront the ills of life, and, though inwardly wincing, can calmly pursue his way to the restful grave, while his old, harsh voice is softly cadenced into sweetest melody, like the faint notes of an angel's whispered song. As patience deepens, charity and sympathy increase.

  George Horace Lorimer

  Christian, Sweet, Song

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• As the index tells us the contents of stories and directs to the particular chapter, even so does the outward habit and superficial order of garments (in man or woman) give us a taste of the spirit, and demonstratively point (as it were a manual note from the margin) all the internal quality of the soul; and there cannot be a more evident, palpable, gross manifestation of poor, degenerate, dunghilly blood and breeding than a rude, unpolished, disordered, and slovenly outside.

  Philip Massinger

  Men, Blood, Order

  Philip Massinger (1805). “The plays of Philip Massinger, with notes by W. Gifford”, p.413

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• I do note that photography, a despised medium to work in, is full of empty phonies and worthless commercial people. That presents quite a challenge to the man who can take delight in being in a very difficult, disdained medium.

  Walker Evans

  Photography, Men, People

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• We must note carefully what distinction there is between a healthy and a diseased love of change; for as it was in healthy love of change that the Gothic architecture rose, it was partly in consequence of diseased love of change that it was destroyed.

  John Ruskin

  Rose, Healthy, Gothic

  John Ruskin (1854). “On the Nature of Gothic Architecture: And Herein of the True Functions of the Workman in Art ...”, p.16

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• As I do not live in an age when rustling black skirts billow about me, and I do not carry an ebony stick to strike the floor in sharp rebuke, as this is denied me, I rap out a sentence in my note book and feel better. If a grandmother wants to put her foot down, the only safe place to do it these days is in a note book.

  Florida Scott-Maxwell

  Book, Rap, Grandmother

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• The man who is wantonly profuse of his promises ought to sink his credit as much as a tradesman would by uttering a great number of promissory notes payable at a distant day. The truest conclusion in both cases is, that neither intend or will be able to pay. And as the latter most probably intends to cheat you of your money, so the former at least designs to cheat you of your thanks.

  Henry Fielding

  Men, Numbers, Design

  Henry Fielding (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Fielding (Illustrated)”, p.3805, Delphi Classics

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• Sometimes, when I play music, I feel as if I am giving life. ... It isn't just notes on the paper anymore: you are recreating the thought, transmitting it. It becomes shareable, but it can never be kept. You go through and at the same time you let go of the experience. That is part of the wonder of music: it can never be kept; it is ephemeral and at the same time enduring.

  Hephzibah Menuhin

  Music, Letting Go, Play

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• I opened the doors of my heart.
  And behold,
  There was music within and a song,
  And echoes did feed on the sweetness, repeating it long.
  I opened the doors of my heart. And behold,
  There was music that played itself out in aeolian notes:
  Then was heard, as a far-away bell at long intervals tolled.

  Jean Ingelow

  Happiness, Song, Heart

  Jean Ingelow (1874). “The Poetical Works of Jean Ingelow”, p.187

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• Inculcating the various competing - competing, note - falsehoods of the major faiths into small children is a form of child abuse, and a scandal.

  A.C. Grayling

  Children, Abuse, Religion

  A.C. Grayling (2012). “Against All Gods: Six Polemics on Religion and an Essay on Kindness”, p.12, Oberon Books

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• It is a note
  Of upstart greatness to observe and watch
  For these poor trifles, which the noble mind
  Neglects and scorns.

  Ben Jonson

  Greatness, Mind, Watches

  Ben Jonson, William Gifford (1816). “The Works of Ben Jonson ...: With Notes Critical and Explanatory, and Biographical Memoir”, p.137

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• It's important to note that Jesus and Christ are two different faith affirmations. Hardly any Christians have been taught that - they think "Christ" is Jesus's last name.

  Richard Rohr

  Christian, Jesus, Thinking

  Source: ryanthomasneace.com

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• Note-taking is important to me: a week's worth of reading notes (or "thoughts I had in the shower" notes) is cumulatively more interesting than anything I might be able to come up with on a single given day.

  Teju Cole

  Reading, Interesting, Important

  "How Writers Read (Vol. 3)". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. December 11, 2014.

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• God is its author, and not man; he laid
  The key-note of all harmonies; he planned
  All perfect combinations, and he made
  Us so that we could hear and understand.

  John Gardiner Calkins Brainard

  Music, Men, Keys

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• Knowing few children of my age with whom to compare notes, I envied the children of literature to whom interesting things were always happening.

  Jessica Mitford

  Children, Knowing, Interesting

  Jessica Mitford (1960). “Hons and Rebels”, Isis Large Print Books

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• True art takes note not merely of form but also of what lies behind.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Art, Lying, Form

  Mahatma Gandhi, Mohandas Gandhi, Homer A. Jack (2005). “The Wit and Wisdom of Gandhi”, p.159, Courier Corporation

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• Infants, I note with envy, are receptive to enjoyment in a degree not attained by adults this side of the new Jerusalem.

  Margaret Halsey

  Envy, Adults, Degrees

  Margaret Halsey (1944). “...Some of My Best Friends are Soldiers: A Kind of Novel”

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• [On the music of Richard Strauss:] Too many notes!

  Nadia Boulanger

  Music

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• All amateur travellers have experienced horror journeys, long or short, sooner or later, one way or another. As a student of disaster, I note that we react alike to our tribulations: frayed and bitter at the time, proud afterwards. Nothing is better for self-esteem than survival.

  Martha Gellhorn

  Travel, Self Esteem, Journey

  Martha Gellhorn (2001). “Travels with Myself and Another: A Memoir”, p.13, Penguin

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• [On Lisa Kudrow:] She's like the best kind of jazz there is. You don't know what note she's going to hit and it's always a surprise.

  Meg Ryan

  Actors, Jazz, Kind

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• Look back to the cross, and the disciples gazing on it in terror from afar, and then look around on the nations that are influenced by the faith that there centres - and note the change! Then take these elements, established in history, and calculate the orbit Christianity is to fill.

  Richard Salter Storrs

  Afar, Orbit, Gazing

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, (p. 142), 1895.

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• To a nice ear, the quality of a voice is singularly affecting. Its depth seems to be allied to feeling; at least, the contralto notes alone give an adequate sense of pathos. They are born near the heart.

  Henry Theodore Tuckerman

  Nice, Heart, Voice

  Henry Theodore Tuckerman (1850). “The optimist”, p.83

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• In the larger sense, however, the personal ownership of firearms is only secondarily a matter of defense against the criminal. Note the following from Thomas Jefferson: The strongest reason for the people to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against the tyranny of government. That is why our masters in Washington are so anxious to disarm us. They are not afraid of criminals. They are afraid of a populace which cannot be subdued by tyrants.

  Jeff Cooper

  Gun, Government, Tyrants

  "Jeff Cooper's Commentaries", Vol. 2, No. 5, May 1994.

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• One of the most important tools that a filmmaker has are his/her notes.

  Francis Ford Coppola

  Important, Tools, Filmmaker

  "Francis Ford Coppola: On Risk, Money, Craft & Collaboration". Interview with Ariston Anderson, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 6, 2011.

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