"You can't go home and listen to Chopin, and just use it."

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Source : Source: thequietus.com

Mick Farren

#Home Quotes #Use Quotes

“We artists are hypersensitive, or we wouldn't be - couldn't be - artists.”

Source : R. O. Blechman (2009). “Dear James: Letters to a Young Illustrator”, p.4, Simon and Schuster
“We don't seek the painful experiences that hew our identities, but we seek our identities in the wake of painful experiences. We cannot bear a pointless torment, but we can endure great pain if we believe that it's purposeful. Ease makes less of an impression on us than struggle. We could have been ourselves without our delights, but not without the misfortunes that drive our search for meaning. 'Therefore, I take pleasure in infirmities,' St. Paul wrote in Second Corinthians, 'for when I am weak, then I am strong.'”

Source : "Here's What Russian Punk Band Pussy Riot Said At The Conclusion Of Their Controversial Blasphemy Trial". Nadezhda Tolokonnikova's closing speech at the Pussy Riot trial in Russia, www.businessinsider.com. August 10, 2012.
“Anything is possible - even the most far-fetched idea can come to being through a series of seemingly small decisions and actions.”

Source : Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. August 1, 2014.
“Edward helped, making faces every so often at the raw ingredients-human food was mildly repulsive to him.”
“Some men are Baptists, others Catholics. My father was an Oldsmobile man.”

Source : "Fictional character: Ralphie as an Adult". "A Christmas Story", www.imdb.com. November 18, 1983.
“Hamas' battle is against the Zionist occupation in the Palestinian land. Hamas has no desire to change its battlefield.”
“The moral backbone of literature is about that whole question of memory. To my mind it seems clear that those who have no memory have the much greater chance to lead happy lives.”
“We've had some great players at this club in my 20 years, but he's up with the best.”

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