"There is always so much talk about the sins of the fathers but it is the sins of the mothers that are the most difficult to avoid repeating."

-- Melanie Benjamin

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“It is not given to princes, statesmen and captains to pierce the mysteries of the future, and even the most penetrating gaze reaches only conclusions which, however seemingly vindicated at a given moment, are inexorably effaced by time.”
“I believe, whatever God does, he does it for the good. I always try to look at life like that.”
“It was never the act itself but our own understanding of it that defeated us, over and over again.”
“Perhaps people, and kids especially, are spoiled today, because all the kids today have cars, it seems. When I was young you were lucky to have a bike.”
“I personally believe that most people that play an instrument would be able to write a few songs here and there. But they say, "I tried, I can't do it" and give up and don't try it again; they get too discouraged.”
“We used to call it her Cinderella complex, because often when she had agreed to go out in the evening she would be seized by panic and announce that she had nothing to wear.”
“I think a lot of people are afraid of freedom. They want their lives to be controlled, to be put into a box... Why should someone put a limit on how much fun I can have, how much I can accomplish?”

Source : "Stand-Up Guy". Interview with Nick Gillespie and Steve Kurtz, reason.com. November, 1997.
“To tell you the truth, I've never been really good at learning other people's stuff. I've been playing since I was 11, and I never took lessons. I kind of learned through hit and miss. I had the patience just because I loved guitar so much.”

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