"We've been a band longer than most of the people reading this have been alive."

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John Flansburgh

#Reading Quotes #People Quotes

“Perfect joy lies in selflessly striving for the best outcome, and then humbly accepting whatever God gives.”
“It is past time for women to take their rightful place, side by side with men, in the rooms where the fates of peoples, where their children's and grandchildren's fates, are decided.”
“I think leaving [death] can be as joyous as - probably more joyous than - being born, because being born is very physically uncomfortable for the baby.”
“There are lying looks, as well as lying words; dissembling smiles, deceiving signs, and even a lying silence.”

Source : Ellin DEVIS (1797). “The Accidence; or First rudiments of English grammar. Designed for the use of young ladies ... The third edition, with very considerable additions”, p.126
“There are moments in history when a door for massive change opens, and great revolutions for good or evil spring up in the vacuum created by these openings. In these divine moments key men and women and even entire generations risk everything to become the hinge of history, the pivotal point that determines which way the door will swing.”
“Asking science to explain life and vital matters is equivalent to asking a grammarian to explain poetry.”
“If Truth is taken away from us, then Right and Wrong are taken from us as well. If we don't know Right and Wrong, then we can't, we won't control ourselves, but will look to someone else to bring order through brute force and raw power. We will be controlled by a tyrant, and we will no longer be free...”
“In my Gau, as far as I know, only Communists who had actually worked against the State were arrested.”

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