"I think the reason that swearing is both so offensive and so attractive is that it is a way to push people's emotional buttons, and especially their negative emotional buttons. Because words soak up emotional connotations and are processed involuntarily by the listener, you can't will yourself not to treat the word in terms of what it means."

-- Steven Pinker

#Mean Quotes #Emotional Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I have come from France more firmly convinced than ever that Negros should write Negro music. We have our own racial feeling and if we try to copy whites we will make bad copiesâ€¦We won France by playing music which was ours and not a pale imitation of others, and if we are to develop in America we must develop along our own lines.”
“What can wash away my sin? Nothing but the blood of Jesus; What can make me whole again? Nothing but the blood of Jesus.”

Source : Robert Lowry, “Nothing But The Blood”
“Saying sorry doesn't mean there isn't guilt & forgiving doesn't mean that the pain is gone.”
“Success... it's what you do with what you've got.”
“I like to write my lyrics on clay tablets.”
“A moral person is someone who accepts the consequences of their own morality, not those of others.”
“The song Some Other Time is full of emotion. In wartime, it had a tremendously poignant feeling.”
“Mistakes are like the memories you hide in an attic: old love letters from relationships that tanked, photos of dead relatives, toys from a childhood you miss. Out of sight is out of mind, but somewhere deep inside you know they still exist. And you also know that you're avoiding them.”

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