"Music might be defined as a system of proportions in the service of a spiritual impulse"

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Source : William James McGee, George Crumb (1982). “An expanded concept of timbre and its structural significance: with a timbral analysis of George Crumb's Night of the four moons”

George Crumb

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“Wages is a cunning device of the devil, for the benefit of tender consciences, who would retain all the advantages of the slave system, without the expense, trouble, and odium of being slave-holders.”

Source : Richard M. Reinsch, II, Orestes Augustus Brownson (2016). “Seeking the Truth: An Orestes Brownson Anthology”, p.171, CUA Press
“In our progress towards the goal, we ever see more and more enchanting scenery.”
“Winning 9 games is very respectable.”
“An action of God may be the only thing that can save the Church today.”

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“It's still about the women. It's not called Desperate Plumber. People are more interested in cat fights.”

Source : Source: underthegunreview.net
“We are in effect enculturating kids from the very beginning to see women and girls as not taking up half of the space.”
“Sheer persistence is the difference between success and failure.”
“In life, periods of solitude were blessings. Dying alone was a bitter curse.”

Source : Faye Kellerman (2009). “The Quality of Mercy”, p.32, Harper Collins

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