"Music is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on everything and anything else can have in common."

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Source : Sarah Dessen (2008). “Just Listen”, p.96, Penguin

Sarah Dessen

#Music Quotes #Peace Quotes #People Quotes

“You know people. Most of them donâ€™t hear anything. Those who hear - donâ€™t listen. A few who listen - donâ€™t understand. And those who could understandâ€¦ they donâ€™t care.”
“There comes a time, thief, when the jewels cease to sparkle, when the gold loses its luster, when the throne room becomes a prison, and all that is left is a father's love for his child.”
“Let us cultivate our garden.”
“It is often pleasant to stone a martyr, no matter how much we may admire him.”

Source : JOHN BARTH (1956). “THE FLOATING OPERA”
“To go from Girl, Interrupted, where I had to cry every day, to a TV show like West Wing where I get to laugh and joke around every day, has been a welcome relief.”
“The crisis of our time is essentially a religious crisis. It is a matter of life or death.”
“In our decrees, it is definitely proclaimed that religion is a question for the private individual; but whilst opportunists tended to see in these words the meaning that the state would adopt the policy of folded arms, the Marxian revolutionary recognizes the duty of the state to lead a most resolute struggle against religion by means of ideological influences on the proletarian masses.”
“I really liked it best when I was a nobody.”

Source : "The Joy of Six: the Winter Olympics" by Russell Jackson, www.theguardian.com. February 6, 2014.

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