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-- Lawrence Welk

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“By dividing the people of God as clergy and laymen, we have made the latter a majority of lame men.”
“I remember being told by my parents when I was 4 that I couldn't go to an amusement park advertised on TV because colored kids weren't allowed there. That was a bit of a shock and really stayed with me over the years. That was how I first learned about racial segregation. Fortunately, I took it as a challenge, early on, and it motivated me. You never know how a child might respond to discrimination. It goes both ways. Some kids become embittered.”
“Silence is exhilarating at first - as noise is - but there is a sweetness to silence outlasting exhilaration, akin to the sweetness of listening and the velvet of sleep.”

Source : Edward Hoagland, HOAGLAND EDWARD. (1995). “Tugman's Passage”, Lyons Press
“I never had that desire to start or join a rock band. Nor did I ever have a desire to see my idols in concert. I would have loved to see The Cure. I didn't understand the whole concept of: you love music, you buy the album, and then you go see them in concert. It felt like something that was so untouchable that I didn't even attempt to try and bring it to any place other than my headphones.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Sometimes you need more hours, sometimes you need fewer hours.”
“The growth of true friendship may be a lifelong affair.”

Source : Sarah Orne Jewett (2009). “The Country of the Pointed Firs”, p.36, Broadview Press
“That's when you know you really fit with someone - when you can just sit there and not do anything. Kind of ignoring each other.”
“It is part of the business of marketing to muddy the distinction between altruism and cynicism.”

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