"Most beginners want to learn lead because they think it's cool .. consequently, they never really develop good rhythm skills .. since most of a rock guitarists time is spent playing rhythm, it's important to learn to do it well .. learning lead should come after you can play solid backup and have the sound of the chords in your head"

-- Eddie Van Halen

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“Human nature means that institutions at some point lose their sense of mission. That sense of vulnerability drives Pimco.”
“Chronic malnutrition, or the lack of proper nutrition over time directly contributes to three times as many child deaths as food scarcity. Yet surprisingly, you don't really hear about this hidden crisis through the morning news, Twitter or headlines of major newspapers.”

Source : "A Recipe for Fighting Child Malnutrition" by Cat Cora, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 17, 2012.
“I've always thrown like a girl.”
“I used to hold a fiery wind and I tried to determine the direction where poetry would fly.”

Source : Alda Merini (2016). “Love Lessons: Selected Poems of Alda Merini”, p.99, Princeton University Press
“I had my first kiss under a tree near the school. It was with a boy named Michael who rarely spoke, but he would sometimes give me one of the cookies from his lunch. Maybe it was the gifts that made me feel special? I don't know, but when our lips touched, it felt magical.”
“I feel like any single woman of color who's been onstage has a Shakespeare monologue in her back pocket, and a monologue from 'For Colored Girls.' It's just part of what you should have, as a woman of color.”
“I don’t believe in failure; I believe there are setbacks that are put into our path to teach us something and move us in a different direction.”
“I will try to be non-violent one more day this morning, waking the world away in the violent day.”

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