"...the music you make is shaped by what you play it on ... if you feel that you're not getting enough out of a song, change the instrument - go from an acoustic to an electric or vice versa, or try an open tuning ... do something to shake it up..."

-- Mark Knopfler

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“Imagine how our own families, let alone the world, would change if we vowed to keep faith with one another, strengthen one another, look for and accentuate the virtues in one another, and speak graciously concerning one another. Imagine the cumulative effect if we treated each other with respect and acceptance, if we willingly provided support. Such interactions practiced on a small scale would surely have a rippling effect throughout our homes and communities and, eventually, society at large.”

Source : Gordon B. Hinckley (2009). “Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes”, p.57, Harmony
“Every other writer's process is sort of vaguely scary and appalling.”
“I always not only want push the envelope in my career but I also have an itch for going against the grain.”
“If one is willing to have children, rhythm is probably the best method of contraception.”

Source : Elizabeth Hawes (1948). “Anything But Love: A Complete Digest of the Rules of Feminine Behavior from Birth to Death ...”
“Scientists have established huge numbers of links between particular diseases and snippets of DNA, but in the great majority of cases, this has not yet been translated into treatments that can help cure patients. These treatments will come - tomorrow, or the day after.”
“Ive been really clear that my first job as leader of the Labour Party and co-leader of the labour movement is to engage with our base.”
“She wanted a book to take her places she couldn't get to herself.”

Source : Jeffrey Eugenides (2011). “The Marriage Plot: A Novel”, p.42, Macmillan
“If aspects of the person remain undigested-cut off, denied, projected, rejected, indulged, or otherwise unassimilated-they become the points around which the core forces of greed, hatred and delusion attach themselves.”

Source : Mark Epstein (2013). “Thoughts Without A Thinker: Psychotherapy from a Buddhist Perspective”, p.23, Basic Books

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