"Do not commence your exercises in philosophy in those regions where an error can deliver you over to the executioner."

-- Georg C. Lichtenberg

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“I think that one of the things that influences me most as a composer is to what extent I can deconstruct and reconstruct the material that I'm working with.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com
“I had accumulated some capital and was at an age at which I was interested in generating income. But even though I was risk averse, I was interested in growth stocks.”
“The heavens are nobly eloquent of the Deity, and the most magnificent heralds of their Maker's praise.”

Source : James Hervey, William ROMAINE (1812). “Meditations and Contemplations ... To which is prefixed the life of the author: and a sermon on his death by the Rev. W. Romaine ... With ... engravings, etc. [With a portrait.]”, p.284
“Administrators are like pigs; don't wrestle with a pig because you both get dirty and the pig likes it.”
“The Morriganâ€™s ideas of sport and mine varied widely. As a Chooser of the Slain, she tends to enjoy nothing so much as a protracted war. She hangs out with Kali and the Valkyries and they have a death goddessesâ€™ night out on the battlefield.”
“The world can doubtless never be well known by theory: practice is absolutely necessary; but surely it is of great use to a young man, before he sets out for that country, full of mazes, windings, and turnings, to have at least a general map of it, made by some experienced traveler.”
“No one wants a masterpiece knocking around when your own book is looking for attention.”

Source : "Better than Amis?". Interview with Stephanie Merritt, www.theguardian.com. August 31, 2003.
“Anyone who knows a strange fact shares in its singularity.”

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