"As a songwriter, I was influenced by David Bowie - a great writer. A class above everybody in so many ways. Lennon and McCartney, of course. Class stuff. David Cousins was my favorite lyricist."

-- Rick Wakeman

#Cousin Quotes #Class Quotes #Stuff Quotes

“Pretty is smarter than you think”

Source : FaceBook post by Kristen Taekman from Apr 07, 2015
“The aristocracy of Western Europe has absolutely tabooed silver in those countries and driven it away from there. Here it finds its only resting place.”
“I am waiting for the lost music to sound again in a new rebirth of wonder.”

Source : Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1994). “These are My Rivers: New & Selected Poems, 1955-1993”, p.103, New Directions Publishing
“Then we shall... be able to take part in the discussion of the question of why it is that we and the universe exist. If we find the answer to that, it would be the ultimate triumph of human reason - for then we would know the mind of God.”
“Compared with U.S. cities, Japanese cities bend over backward to help foreigners. The countryside is another matter.”
“To reflect on the essence of the Creator ... is forbidden to the human intellect because of the severance of all relation between the two existences.”
“As important as it is to learn the techniques of cinematography, you also have to learn how to deal with the movie set, with show business. I came up with a cinematographer who is very talented, but she was never quite able to handle everything else you have to do - dealing with the producer and the crew and the time frame that you have to follow.”
“You're brilliant,"he says."But you're a fool to stay with someone like me." I close my eyes at the touch of his hand."Then we are both fools.”

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