"We're deaf men working as musicians; we play the music but we can't hear it."

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Source : Sebastian Faulks (2007). “Engleby: A Novel”, Doubleday Books

Sebastian Faulks

#Men Quotes #Play Quotes #Musician Quotes

“I prefer temperance hotels - although they sell worse kinds of liquor than any other kind of hotels.”
“We are important and our lives are important, magnificent really, and their details are worthy to be recorded.”

Source : Natalie Goldberg (2016). “Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within”, p.55, Shambhala Publications
“There are so many stupid things that steal that purpose from us. The stupid things that you believe a lie that we â€˜re not as important as we really are. That our life isnâ€™t as important as it really is. Itâ€™s important to the people that you love, itâ€™s important to the people that you will love in the future, itâ€™s important to the world around you and itâ€™s so important that you fulfill the purpose that only you can fulfill the way that you can fulfill that.”
“I've created a bridge between European electronic culture and urban American culture, and I've worked with established brands.”
“Providence so orders the case, that faith and prayer come between our wants and supplies, and the goodness of God may be the more magnified in our eyes thereby.”
“The goal of revelation is not information only, but affection, worship, and obedience. Christ in us will be realized only as we drink deeply of the Bible, which is God's word outside of us”
“At its best, flattery is truth well dressed, and it is best dressed with fine see-through fabrics. Honest flattery can caress a lover, cover up a gaffe, and muffle aggression.”
“Unfortunately, the only recognized relics of yesterday's farmers are obsolete curiosities when the greatest relic, their philosophy of living, is seldom considered.”

Source : Eric Sloane (2004). “Our Vanishing Landscape”, p.15, Courier Corporation

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