Quotes
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James Lane Allen

"The finest music in the room is that which streams out to the ear of the spirit in many an exquisite strain from the little shelf of books on the opposite wall. Every volume there is an instrument which some melodist of the mind created and set vibrating with music, as a flower shakes out its perfume or a star shakes out its light. Only listen, and they soothe all care, as though the silken-soft leaves of poppies had been made vocal and poured into the ear."

-- James Lane Allen

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“Gospel ministers should not only be like dials on watches, or mile-stones upon the road, but like clocks and larums, to sound the alarm to sinners. Aaron wore bells as well as pomegranates, and the prophets were commanded to lift up their voice like a trumpet. A sleeping sentinel may be the loss of the city.”
“Men who love their mothers treat women wonderfully. And they have enormous respect for women.”

Source : "Ellen Barkin on 'Another Happy Day,' Sam Levinson, and Being a 'Broad'". Interview with Kevin Sessums, www.thedailybeast.com. November 15, 2011.
“Foreign powers do not seem to appreciate the true character of our government.”

Source : Inaugural Address, avalon.law.yale.edu. March 04, 1845.
“What modern art means is that you have to keep finding new ways to express yourself, to express the problems, that there are no settled ways, no fixed approach. This is a painful situation, and modern art is about this painful situation of having no absolutely definite way of expressing yourself.”
“Being in a different band always brings great musical experiences to be able to draw on.”
“It's very satisfying to promote science and education and see good results. Setting a good example for young people, being a role model, is very important for me.”
“But I still read Shaw on a regular basis. What I love is the nakedness of the polemic and the irresistible good humour. For me, 'Major Barbara' is the greatest of all the plays in that it starts from the rational and proceeds to the ecstatic in a spectacular way, and leaves you very confused if you cling to Euclidean logic.”
“Its going to be interesting to see how society deals with artificial intelligence, but it will definitely be cool.”

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