"It is only in the light of the inescapable fact of death that a person can adequately engage and enter upon the mysterious fact of life."

-- John E. Hines

#Light Quotes #Engagement Quotes #Facts Quotes

“To be a child means to owe one's existence to another, and even in our adult life we never quite reach the point where we no longer have to give thanks for being the person we are.”
“Perhaps some of the appeal of the dangerous-but-yummy paranormal anti-hero lies in his scorn for societal expectations. Yes, women have come a long way, but there are still some cultural stigmas more associated with women than men.”
“Music, as long as it exists, will always take its departure from the major triad and return to it. The musician cannot escape it any more than the painter his primary colors or the architect his three dimensions.”

Source : Paul Hindemith (1970). “The Craft of Musical Composition: Theory. English translation by Arthur Mendel”
“I take a baths all the time. I'll put on some music and burn some incense and just sit in the tub and think, Wow, life is great right now.”
“Honesty is the cruelest game of all, because not only can you hurt someone - and hurt them to the bone - you can feel self-righteous about it at the same time.”
“Ian and Sylvia, who, when you got right down to it, were essentially country and western singers. I just recorded his Four Strong Winds. It's a wonderful song.”
“Let us then blend everything: love, religion, genius, with sunshine, perfume, music, and poetry.”
“I had to have the record literally taken away from me. I am such a perfectionist.”

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