"The words to country songs are very earthy like the blues. They're not as dressed up and the people are very honest and say, 'Look, I miss you darlin', so I went out and got drunk in this bar.' That's the way you say it. Where in Tin Pan Alley they would say, 'Oh I missed you darling, so I went to this restaurant and I sat down and had a dinner for one.' That's cleaned up now, you see? But country and blues tells it like it is."

-- Ray Charles

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“Residents of my district continue to stress to me that they want health care decisions to be made by patients and doctors, not by the government and insurance companies.”
“This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society.”
“My pride shut me up, my hurt shut me down, and together they ganged up on my hope and let her get away.”
“The whole iconography of ancient science is simply the fruit of wishful thinking.”

Source : George Sarton (1993). “Hellenistic Science and Culture in the Last Three Centuries B.C.”, p.13, Courier Corporation
“If one's sense of self is obtained through the eyes of another it is always subject to being lost.”

Source : Brenda Shoshanna (2004). “Zen and the Art of Falling in Love”, p.101, Simon and Schuster
“I liked the push and pull of that, between the outer political world and the inner personal lives of the characters. It's also real life... Many of us are keenly aware of world events, but break your nose and I bet that's the main thing you'd be focused on.”
“The fact that the work is affirmed by the Museum of Contemporary Art I think sends continued signals that this is worth paying attention to, looking at, and understanding.”
“The richness of an artist is the fusion of influences that have shaped his life and work.”

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