"The Western musical canon came about not merely by accumulation, but by opposition and subversion, both to the ruling powers on whom composers depended for their livelihoods and to other musics."

-- Brian Ferneyhough

#Musical Quotes #Subversion Quotes #Canon Quotes

“A pessimist asked God for relief. Ah, you wish me to restore your hope and cheerfulness, said God. No, replied the petitioner, I wish you to create something that would justify them. The world is all created,said God, but you have overlooked something”
“To trap one's self-suffering is to risk being devoured from the inside.”
“They say the first sentence in any speech is always the hardest. Well, that one's behind me, anyway.”
“The gulf between what the press and many regular people believe Bitcoin is, and what a growing critical mass of technologists believe Bitcoin is, remains enormous.”
“We are in a double bind. We are expected to feel inferior not only as women, but because we are old.”
“I play a complicated position in an intensely team-oriented game.”
“People gave names to things so they could tell stories about them, goddam fairy tales about children who got out alive.”

Source : Sam Lipsyte (2013). “The Fun Parts: Stories”, p.51, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
“Some have immersed themselves in internet materials that magnify, exaggerate, and in some cases invent shortcomings of early Church leaders. Then they draw incorrect conclusions that can affect testimony. Any who have made these choices can repent and be spiritually renewed.”

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