"We reveal something of our nature when we sing, something that can be disguised in our speaking voice."

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Source : Lavinia Greenlaw (2015). “The Importance of Music to Girls”, p.11, Faber & Faber

Lavinia Greenlaw

“you don't love me, you just love my doggystyle”

Source : Song: Waste of Time, Album: Ego Trippin', 2008
“Every player wants to be as complete as possible and goals for a central midfielder are very important.”
“Simplicity, wit, and good typography.”
“But let me tell you, this gender thing is history. You're looking at a guy who sat down with Margaret Thatcher across the table and talked about serious issues.”
“There is something precious in our being mysteries to ourselves, in our being unable ever to see through even the person who is closest to our heart and to reckon with him as though he were a logical proposition or a problem in accounting.”
“I have amazing news for you. Man is not alone on this planet. He is part of a community, upon which he depends absolutely.”
“At bottom, the battle has been waged on moral grounds. The country has debated whether a society for which the dignity of the individual is the supreme value can, without a fundamental inconsistency, follow the practice of deliberately putting one of its members to death.”
“Ben's emphasis was on protecting his expectation of profit with minimum risk.”

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