"The commendation of adversaries is the greatest triumph of a writer, because it never comes unless extorted."

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John Dryden

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“When technique is obtrusive it becomes mere mannerism, a conscious striving for effect. It is only a means to an end - the manner of putting paint to paper. It hardly embraces the expressive side of painting.”
“Just knowing that the world is round Here I'm dancing on the ground Am I right side up or upside down? Is this real or am I dreaming?”
“Okay, I get kicked off the drums when I try and...the notes just keep coming at you and I'm like "Ahhhhh!" I can't do it. I have literally gotten booed off the stage way too many times. It's terrorizing. The rest of my band mates just are...they tell me to get off. I'm like, "I can play bass. Dunk, dunk, dunk, dunk."”

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“Ah! how little knowledge does a man acquire in his life. He gathers it up like water, but like water it runs between his fingers, and yet, if his hands be but wet as though with dew, behold a generation of fools call out, 'See, he is a wise man!' Is it not so?”

Source : H. Rider Haggard (2011). “She: A History of Adventure”, p.146, Modern Library
“We have been working with Habitat for Humanity and we have built eighty homes, 80% of which are being lived in by New Orleans' musicians. It is called the Musicians' Village and at the center is the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music.”
“I would not give one moment of heaven for all the joy and riches of the world, even if it lasted for thousands and thousands of years.”
“The nail that sticks out farthest gets hammered the hardest.”
“Of this blest man, let his just praise be given, Heaven was in him, before he was in Heaven.”

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