"There are people who want to live and then the people who want to hold them down. I've tried to not be one of the latter my entire life."

-- Jason Diamond

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“Households, cities, countries and nations have enjoyed great happiness, when a single individual has taken heed of the Good and Beautiful. Such men not only liberate themselves; they fill those they meet with a free mind.”
“I have seen how the foundations of the world are laid, and I have not the least doubt that it will stand a good while.”
“I've started doing yoga and meditation, but I'm not very good at that kind of thing and turning my brain off.”
“Live not one's life as though one had a thousand years, but live each day as the last.”
“Just because your world is falling apart doesn't mean you have to fall apart. When everything seems crazy, you be calm. Don't let the outer chaos you are facing get inside of you.”
“The way I write my songs is that I have to believe what I'm writing about, and that's why they always end up being so personal - because the kind of artists I like, they convince me, they totally win me over straight away in that thing. Like, 'Oh my God, this song is totally about me.'”

Source : "The Many Ages Of Adele". Interview with Esther Zuckerman, www.interviewmagazine.com. February 23, 2011.
“There are so many kinds of love, and they're all very intense for me.”
“The [Confederate] Flag is - literally - sewed division. People claim it means different things to different people, but it harkens back to the pro-slavery side of the war.”

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