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• You know just because you don't like the way it sounds when I say it or you don't like my haircut or you don't like that I'm gay, it does not mean that what we say is not true. If you squint a little bit, it is true I do sometimes look like a dude, and I am definitely gay.

  Rachel Maddow

  Mean, Gay, Sound

  "The Rachel Maddow Show", www.msnbc.com. February 24, 2011.

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• Why must she dress that way? I think she's confused about her gender.

  Tim Gunn

  Confused, Thinking, Dresses

  "Yikes! Tim Gunn Picks A Fight With Hillary Clinton's Wardorbe" by Tracey Lomrantz Lester, www.glamour.com. July 28, 2011.

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• Other inner peace quotes encourage letting go of the desire to control everything around us, and slowing down as ways of attaining inner peace.

  Brian Weiss

  Letting Go, Inner Peace, Desire

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• Great as heaven and earth are, men still find some things in them with which to be dissatisfied. Thus it is that, were the superior man to speak of his way in all its greatness, nothing in the world would be found able to embrace it, and were he to speak of it in its minuteness, nothing in the world would be found able to split it.

  Confucius

  Character, Greatness, Men

  Confucius (2016). “Delphi Collected Works of Confucius - Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism (Illustrated)”, p.27, Delphi Classics

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• Sincerity is that whereby self-completion is effected, and its way is that by which man must direct himself.

  Confucius

  Character, Men, Self

  Confucius (2013). “Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean”, p.418, Courier Corporation

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• The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.

  Laozi

  Helping Others, Giving, Heaven

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• The mind is a matter over every kind of fortune; itself acts in both ways, being the cause of its own happiness and misery.

  Seneca the Younger

  Happiness, Gratitude, Mind

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• But having considered everything which has been said, one could by this believe that the earth and not the heavens is so moved, and there is no evidence to the contrary. Nevertheless, this seems prima facie as much, or more, against natural reason as are all or several articles of our faith. Thus, that which I have said by way of diversion (esbatement) in this manner can be valuable to refute and check those who would impugn our faith by argument.

  Nicole Oresme

  Believe, Science, Heaven

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• Often the great scientists, by turning the problem around a bit, changed a defect to an asset. For example, many scientists when they found they couldn't do a problem finally began to study why not. They then turned it around the other way and said, "But of course, this is what it is" and got an important result.

  Richard Hamming

  Change, Science, Important

  "'You and Your Research' - 1986 Speech by Dr. Richard W. Hamming". www.valueinvestingworld.com. September 21, 2009.

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• The English masses are lovable: they are kind, decent, tolerant, practical and not stupid. The tragedy is that they are too many of them, and that they are aimless, having outgrown the servile functions for which they were encouraged to multiply. One day these huge crowds will have to seize power because there will be nothing else for them to do, and yet they neither demand power nor are ready to make use of it; they will learn only to be bored in a new way.

  Cyril Connolly

  Stupid, Power, Bored

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• I say to my students that I can't teach them how to write a good song, but I can teach you how to write a better song. Talking about this idea of it being a process. By going back and not settling for something and find a way to step back from your songs-which is a very hard thing to do-but when you're stuck or you can't move forward, start doing some polishing.

  Andy Wilkinson

  Song, Moving, Writing

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• Twenty-seven people sang 'Wind Beneath My Wings' before I got around to it. A lot of people saw the movie that I sang it in, Beaches, and what they came away with was that song. They turned to their loved ones and said, 'You know, you are the wind beneath my wings!' The song expressed how they felt in a way a simple 'I love you' would not have.

  Bette Midler

  Song, Beach, Love You

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• Every time I write a song, it's different. I'm all about the rhythm of the words and the melody. Musically, you gotta have a throbbing pulse going. But as far as what it's all about, there's a million ways to go. You have to invent a new code for every song. Then you have to break it. It's like Scrabble or a crossword puzzle on steriods. I could talk about the process for days. But it's never dull and there's no one way in.

  Dan Bern

  Song, Writing, Pulse

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• That's another way of writing a song, of course. Just talking to somebody that ain't there. That's the best way. That's the truest way. Then it just becomes a question of how heroic your speech is. To me, it's something to strive after.

  Bob Dylan

  Song, Writing, Talking

  Interview with Paul Zollo, americansongwriter.com. January 9, 2012.

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• Patanjali, declares that the true secret of evolution is the manifestation of the perfection which is already in every being; that this perfection has been barred and the infinite tide behind is struggling to express itself. These struggles and competitions are but the results of our ignorance, because we do not know the proper way to unlock the gate and let the water in. This infinite tide behind must express itself; it is the cause of all manifestation.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Struggle, Ignorance, Water

  Swami Vivekananda (2012). “Raja Yoga (Annotated Edition)”, p.143, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Most of the time, when I had hits as a soloist - maybe not so much with Simon & Garfunkel - I was surprised they were hits. I didn't know what the hits were. I never thought that 'Loves Me Like A Rock' was going to be a hit, or 'Mother And Child Reunion,' or '50 Ways To Leave Your Lover.' They didn't sound like what the hits sounded like at the time. Radio was more open to things that weren't exactly what every other hit was.

  Paul Simon

  Mother, Children, Writing

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• When I write a song today, basically it goes on the stage tomorrow. That's the way it works. You cannont interrupt your consciousness; it all comes from the subconscious, it can happen anywhere. It could be in a telephone booth.

  Richie Havens

  Song, Writing, Goes On

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• I was eleven, then I was sixteen. Though no honors came my way, those were the lovely years.

  Truman Capote

  Years, Lovely, Honor

  Truman Capote (2012). “The Grass Harp”, p.9, Vintage

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• The greatest thing is the internet and that means that anybody, you have just as much access as I do. And you can make your little tape and work on it and work on it until you got it the way you want it. And then you can put it on the net. And if it's any damn good somebody's gonna notice. That's happened over and over again now. To me that's good. That's good access that isn't controlled by the companies. I think that's a great thing.

  David Crosby

  Music, Mean, Thinking

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• I can only be me. I do what I do, I'm not a jazz player. ... I don't play jazz standards, at least not in any recognizable way. It's not my turf but I have plenty of respect for that style of playing.

  Jorma Kaukonen

  Music, Player, Style

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• Both law and comedy are heavily focused on thought and viewing all angles. To write a good joke, you have to look at a premise every way possible. And with a good legal argument, you have to see all sides to get the best line of argument for your client. Law school made me a better comic, and comedy has made me a better public speaker.

  Troy Walker

  Writing, School, Law

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• My parents never raised their hand or fired me. Their way of disciplining me was to tell me what is right or wrong.

  Deepika Padukone

  Hands, Parent, Raised

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Some fathers and sons don't get along that well when they're younger because they can't find a way to reach each other, ... A father loves you dearly but you don't see it and so you're always trying to please your father, but your father doesn't let you know how he feels, which is, you don't have to please him because he already loves you.

  Braylon Edwards

  Father, Love You, Son

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• Glen Campbell told me, 'Stay out of the way of a good song.' I think it's true. If a song's good, don't overdo it.

  Chris Isaak

  Song, Writing, Thinking

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• I had a dream that Louis Armstrong was playing the 'Swept Away' melody. I have no idea where it came from. But Louis Armstrong was playing it and singing the song to me. I woke up-it's a borrowed melody no doubt-and wrote it down. If I hear a song and I choose not to put it down, that's me neglecting to accept that song. I think there's a very spiritual and godly-type ting that happens, and it happens to way more people than we know. It's just that very few of us choose to engage it.

  Scott Avett

  Dream, Spiritual, Song

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