"Language is not simply a reporting device for experience but a defining framework for it."

-- Benjamin Lee Whorf

#Writing Quotes #Defining Quotes #Language Quotes

“I ain't afraid to tell the world that it don't take school stuff to help a fella play ball.”
“A person without regrets is a nincompoop.”
“When you put on music, just feel it; it's a different sense. I walk around with music in and it can just change my world in seconds.”

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“Jenny McCarthy was the one I thought could turn me straight. I thought that if I could just get my shot with her, it could happen.”
“We were fortunate at that time we were working with Virgin, and with Flood, probably more well-known as Brian Eno's engineer now and U2's producer, etc. Even though we weren't working in a strictly popular music area, which was great, we were lucky enough to work with people who were on the cusp of those sort of things.”
“Better to have one woman on your side than ten men.”
“He who has far to ride spares his horse.”
“No one owns you - no matter what the relationship. You are not here on this earth to fulfill the dreams, wants or wishes of a parent, a mate or a child. You are also not responsible to protect any other person from facing their own consequences or realities. You are here to exist, to develop and to grow and be responsible to and for yourself. In the bigger picture of things, it would be well if you also contributed to making this world a better place to be because you passed through it.”

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