"What I've learned from my gurus is that when you hear music, you hear a person, or you hear people, and you hear everything about them in those moments. They reveal themselves in ways that cannot be revealed any other way, and it contains historical truths because of that. To me, that is the most important thing. It shouldn't be a footnote, or the last chapter. It should be the complete thesis about a book on listening."

-- Vijay Iyer

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“The sight of the eye, the hearing of the ear, the touch of the hand may each and all be deceived, but the instructions of the spirit are in all things correct. The combined senses may misguide or fail, but he who happily secures the companionship of the Holy Spirit, walks in the ways of life and neither fears, becomes weary nor faints by the wayside.”
“It's a good thing that it is getting simpler to register a company in China, it is good that the exchange rate of our currency is getting more flexible and that it's getting easier for Chinese businesspeople to travel. All of this opens up our economy.”
“The foundation stones for a balanced success are honesty, character, integrity, faith, love and loyalty.”
“I love you more than my own skin and even though you donâ€™t love me the same way, you love me anyways, donâ€™t you? And if you donâ€™t, Iâ€™ll always have the hope that you do, and iâ€™m satisfied with that. Love me a little. I adore you.”
“Sometimes you have to wander around until you find where you really belong. And sometimes it's right where you started.”
“Then I thought, with the same clubhead speed, the ball's going to go at least six times as far. There's absolutely no drag, so if you do happen to spin it, it won't slice or hook 'cause there's no atmosphere to make it turn.”
“You can get real wacky on edibles.”

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“By an image we hold on to our lost treasures, but it is the wrenching loss that forms the image, composes, binds the bouquet.”

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