"And what happened was, it's the same thing an older, more successful writer of ficition might say to a student: write about what you know. And what I knew - of course I knew jazz, but I also knew country, blues and some rock and roll. And that came out."

-- Larry Coryell

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“Mere pleasure is at best but fleeting; happiness is abiding, for in the recollection thereof is renewed.”

Source : James E. Talmage (2015). “Jesus the Christ”, p.206, Latter-day Strengths
“This has increased with the tremendous technological advances in communications. We have a vast new world of images brought into our sitting rooms electronically. Most of the images of reality on which we base our actions are really based on vicarious experience. This has increased with the tremendous technological advances in communications. We have a vast new world of images brought into our sitting-rooms electronically.”
“My favorite sounds are the high, spacey ones that are very ambient.”
“ClichÃ©s are static, the emotion behind them long spent. If you are tempted to use them, here is a saying of my motherâ€™s: Fang pi bu-cho, cho pi bu-fang. Basically that translates to: "Loud farts donâ€™t stink, and the really smelly ones donâ€™t make a sound." In other words: When youâ€™re full of beans, you just blow a lot of hot air. If you want to have a real impact, be deadly but silent. Oh, also recognize the difference between a bad clichÃ© and a good quotation. My motherâ€™s saying is a good quotation. You should use it often.”
“I heard Joby Talbot's Hovercraft piece for orchestra and felt its immediate physical impact - visceral, unsettling, hungry and direct. These short five minutes became our keystone to unlocking a strangely seductive score that tensions the aggressive force of the White Stripes with the enigmatic beauty of Talbot's own compositions.”
“I put everyone in my school on to Nicki Minaj before she blew up. I was obsessed with her and I was like, 'If she's the best female rapper then I've got to be better than her.”

Source : " Angel Haze: 'Right now, no one can beat me'" by Hermione Hoby, www.theguardian.com. September 1, 2012.
“I used to lift very heavy weights in my mid-twenties - I used to bench press over 300lb. The most I ever lifted was 330lb; I couldn't do that today, no way.”
“Always be nice to your children because they are the ones who will choose your rest home.”

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