"Watch my sword, not my face!'he said. 'I'm going to stab you, not bite you!"

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Source : Allan Frewin Jones (2011). “1: Rhiannon of the Spring”, p.177, Hachette UK

Allan Frewin Jones

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“Through the music I hope to give it an arc that gives it a greater sense of a journey through the set rather than a bunch of songs.”
“I think I was making a Stephen Fearing record, and I mentioned to someone that the Tragically Hip were talking to me about working with them. The Canadians in the room couldn't believe it, as if the Beatles were getting back together again and asking me to produce them. I have to say, as an American, it's different; they're not exactly a national treasure here.”
“Those of us with illnesses are the holders of the silent fears of those with good health.”

Source : Elisabeth Tova Bailey (2010). “The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating”, p.40, Algonquin Books
“I feel no need for any other faith than my faith in human beings.”
“Coercive measures may have a restraining effect for a time, but can never subdue an untractable spirit: it is only by engaging the affections and enlarging the understanding, that the heart can be meliorated or principles be formed; for like a bow forcibly bent, the mind recoils from oppression with elastic power.”
“Bad art was as good as good art. Grammar and spelling were no longer important. To be clean was no better than to be filthy. Good manners were no better than bad. Family life was derided as an outdated bourgeois concept. Criminals deserved as much sympathy as their victims. Many homes and classrooms became disorderly - if there was neither right nor wrong there could be no basis for punishment or reward. Violence and soft ***** became accepted in the media. Thus was sown the wind, and we are now reaping the whirlwind.”
“I think my mission is to become the greatest human I can. I know that sounds pompous, but what else do we have?”
“At that time [1909] the chief engineer was almost always the chief test pilot as well. That had the fortunate result of eliminating poor engineering early in aviation.”

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