"The Jewish people have been in exile for 2,000 years; they have lived in hundreds of countries, spoken hundreds of languages and still they kept their old language, Hebrew. They kept their Aramaic, later their Yiddish; they kept their books; they kept their faith."

-- Isaac Bashevis Singer

#Country Quotes #Book Quotes #Years Quotes

“I think that's in my case everything I do takes so long because I don't have one direction. I'm just doing what I feel at the moment. It would probably be good, though, to have some direction.”
“I have no skanky guys in my band nor on my bus. If they are they get the boot real quick”
“So about twenty years ago I gave up on painting - and got into terrible debt after buying a load of camera gear!”
“Some 'separation' zealots would expunge any vestige of religious observance in public schools. Many of the same anti-religious fanatics would like to wipe out of existence all church-related schools, by regulation or taxation, so that universal ignorance of the life of spirit should prevail.”
“I don't think there's anything wrong with not knowing how to play an instrument, but the rise of the non-musical producer has done away with musicianship and focused attention purely on the song's hook.”
“People today are too concerned about saving time and having convenience.”
“One Way: Jesus! One Job: Evangelism!”

Source : T. L. Osborn, Daisy Osborn (1980). “Soulwinning”, Harrison House
“Let's be clear about one indisputable fact: capitalism vigorously pursued has never produced the atrocities - starvation, tyranny, and genocide - that are produced by statism vigorously pursued. Nothing remotely close.”

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