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William Ernest Hocking

"We are driven to confess that we actually care more for religion than we do for religious theories and ideas: and in merely making that distinction between religion and its doctrine-elements, have we not already relegated the latter to an external and subordinate position? Have we not asserted that "religion itself" has some other essence or constitution than mere idea or thought?"

Source : "The Meaning of God in Human Experience". Book by William Ernest Hocking, Ch. IV : The Retirement of the Intellect, p. 38, 1912.

William Ernest Hocking

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“There were certain expectations that were assumed of me as a young black American 20th-century - then 20th-century artist.”
“I am a rolling stone, never in one place for very long.”
“If you push through that feeling of being scared, that feeling of taking risk, really amazing things can happen.”
“I'm very superstitious... I never shout at magpies, walk under ladders or put my shoes on the table.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I never get the girl - I always die. That is the catch with playing bad. I'm actually a very romantic person, and I would like to play in a love story. As long as it doesn't get too sweet. That's not me.”
“I just love to play music. I enjoy it more than anything. I enjoy it more than drinking with my friends in the pub. I'd much prefer to be playing live and playing the piano - playing is one of the most enjoyable things I do and I live for it. So it's very rare that I'd not be up for it. I'm very lucky to have something that I love so much; I don't know what I'd do without it.”

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“Jazz I regard as an American folk music; not the only one, but a very powerful one which is probably in the blood and feeling of the American people more than any other style of folk music.”

Source : "The Relation of Jazz to American Music", in Henry Cowell (ed.) American Composers on American Music, 1933.
“Obviously if you're positive, then there's positive energy flowing in your body. The moments are smoother - thought process is smoother. But if there is doubt, then also your body's not going to move that well, your thought process is not clear.”

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