"I'm up in the woods, I'm down on my mind. I'm building a still, to slow down the time."

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Source : "Woods". Song by Justin Vernon, 2009.

Justin Vernon

#Mind Quotes #Woods Quotes #Building Quotes

“The events of September 11 and what has happened since have made people understand that even a small, distant and far away country like Afghanistan cannot be left to break up into anarchy and chaos without consequences for the whole world.”
“If I ever had any vanity, then I definitely lost it by being on television.”
“If you would truly bring peace to the world, identify with that place within you where you are Peace.”
“I was an apprentice television engineer when I decided to pack it up and go full-time, much to my father's disgust. But I'm still interested and I like messing about with TV. I can't deny it ... TV engineering was the job I'd wanted at the time, and I got what I wanted. But in the long-term it would have been second best to being a musician.”
“...she waited until she and my grandfather Anthel were just home from their honeymoon, and then sat him down and told him this: "Honey, I know you like to take a drink, and that's all right, but be forewarned that I ain't your maid and I ain't your punching bag, and if you ever raise your hand to me you'd best kill me. Because otherwise I'll wait until you're asleep; sew you into the bed; and beat you to death with a frying pan." Until he died, I am told, my grandfather was a gentle man.”
“I have realized sometimes I do better working under a crazy schedule. It gives me less time to overthink things and forces me to be present.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I contend that most emotional distress is best understood as a rational response to sick societies.”

Source : Oliver James (2007). “Affluenza: How to be Successful and Stay Sane”
“I was just, you know, kind of getting racist jokes, kind of being isolated from the group. So it was definitely hard. I would come home at night and just cry my eyes out,”

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