"Complete freedom debilitates art but reveals much about character."

-- Walter Darby Bannard

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“Just as all pop music is not simplistic, not all contemporary concert music is complex. Often what a person connects with goes much deeper than generalized issues of simplicity and complexity.”
“I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time ... when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstitions and darkness.”

Source : "A Disturbing 1995 Prediction by Carl Sagan Accurately Describes America of Today" by PAUL RATNER, bigthink.com.
“Then one day I realized that a false picture of the German camps had been created and that the problem of the concentration camps was a universal one, not just one that could be disposed of by placing it on the doorstep of the National Socialists. The deportees - many of whom were Communists - had been largely responsible for leading international political thinking to such an erroneous conclusion. I suddenly felt that by remaining silent I was an accomplice to a dangerous influence.”
“I've been obsessed with The Beatles since I was two.”

Source : Interview With Jeff Jetton, brightestyoungthings.com. December 27, 2010.
“I might not wear chains or I may just wear a watch or I may not wear any jewelry at all or I may just go all out on an outfit or just rock some basic s*** just a pair of jeans, a t-shirt and ones. But, I still standout more than a lot of people in the room so I can't really describe it but I know from the outside looking in people can explain better than I can.”

Source : Source: thesource.com
“We are the only nation where paper is still the mainstay in the private insurance industry.”

Source : Source: www.pbs.org
“Who you are is more important than what you do. The goal is to bring what you do in alignment with who you are, so you donâ€™t end up being someone you donâ€™t want to be.”
“I do not think anyone should feel pressured into doing it but I am the sucker who will stop on the street and sign up to direct debits.”

Source : Source: www.dailymail.co.uk

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