"Invest yourself in everything you do. There's fun in being serious."

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John Coltrane

#Music Quotes #Fun Quotes #Serious Quotes

“Death is the loss of everything all at once.”

Source : Julie Salamon (2008). “Hospital: Man, Woman, Birth, Death, Infinity, Plus Red Tape, Bad Behavior, Money, God, and Diversity on Steroids”, p.56, Penguin
“Touring isn't traveling. Everyone should know that. And I would absolutely recommend a month of solo touring - that is, no driver, no merch person, no tour manager - to anyone in the position to do such a thing. But just once. You grow a lot in those situations, like when you spend a Christmas alone (which I also recommend). But, again, only once. That will be enough.”
“The laws ought to be so framed as to secure the safety of every citizen as much as possible. ... Political liberty does not consist in the notion that a man may do whatever he pleases; liberty is the right to do whatsoever the laws allow. ... The equality of the citizens consists in that they should all be subject to the same laws.”

Source : Proposals for a New Law Code, 1768.
“Let us be real, honest, and sincere in our Christianity. We cannot deceive an all-seeing God.”
“If you grew up Protestant in Ireland, of course, at least in the twentieth century, there was always a contingent that would never really consider you Irish. Meanwhile in Britain you'd never quite be considered British. You fell into a gap in the definitions.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say â€” and to feel â€” "Yes, thatâ€™s the way it is, or at least thatâ€™s the way I feel it. Youâ€™re not as alone as you thought.”
“There once was an old man of Lyme who married three wives at a time when asked, 'Why a third?' he replied 'One's absurd! and bigamy, sir, is a crime!'”

Source : "There Once Was an Old Man of Lyme" l. 1 (date unknown)
“Gentlemen never wear brown in London.”

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