"There are, of course, inherent tendencies to repetition in music itself. Our poetry, our ballads, our songs are full of repetition; nursery rhymes and the little chants and songs we use to teach young children have choruses and refrains. We are attracted to repetition, even as adults; we want the stimulus and the reward again and again, and in music we get it. Perhaps, therefore, we should not be surprised, should not complain if the balance sometimes shifts too far and our musical sensitivity becomes a vulnerability."

-- Oliver Sacks

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“I know from experience that nobody can give me a tip or a series of tips that will make more money for me than my own judgment.”
“Do or do not. There is no try," says Yoda, the bewitching philosopher warrior created by George Lucas in Star Wars. Yoda is quoted at least as often as the founding fathers on this topic.”

Source : Jerry I. Porras, Stewart Emery, Mark Thompson (2006). “Success Built to Last: Creating a Life That Matters”, p.128, Pearson Education
“If only all our conflicts could be resolved with a few grunts and a smack in the ass.”
“I hope the day will never come when the American nation will be the champion of the status quo. Once that happens, we shall have forfeited, and rightly forfeited, the support of the unsatisfied, of those who are the victims of inevitable imperfections, of those who, young in years or spirit, believe that they can make a better world and of those who dream dreams and want to make their dreams to come true.”
“I have a lot of female fans.”
“Prudent men lock up their motives, letting familiars have a key to their hearts, as to their garden.”
“It happened this way: I fell in love and then, because the love was ruining everything I cared about, I had to fall out.”
“People talk about opportunity knocking, but the gate was always swinging in the breeze before I got to the door.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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