"Country music was the music I was brought up on. It's the music that's closest to my heart and the music that speaks to me the most, and it's always been a big influence on my own songwriting."

-- Teddy Thompson

#Country Quotes #Heart Quotes #Influence Quotes

“We are Boston. We are America. We respond. We endure. We overcome. And we own the finish line.”
“15 or 20 years ago it would not have been possible for me to come out. Back then, people still had such narrow views, but today many of them are more liberal. Being gay is no longer a taboo in many parts of society. That has affected sports, even boxing.”

Source : "'I Couldn't Accept Being Gay Because I Was too Afraid'". Interview with Lukas Eberle, www.spiegel.de. November 9, 2012.
“I knew from experience of the past that this butchering of people was done for the express purpose of defeating the eight-hour movement.”
“Every generation must recognize and embrace the task it is peculiarly designed by history and by providence to perform.”
“Somehow, in painting I try to make some logic out of the world that has been given to me in chaos.”
“Government has ceased to mean upholding and reinforcing the traditional rights and morals of the governed; it now means compulsion in the service of social engineering.”
“If you know your ceremonies and culture you'll know where the offense takes place”
“Anyone who thus looks up has some chance of becoming worthy to be looked up to in turn.”

Source : Irving Babbitt (2005). “On Literature, Cultures, and Religion”, p.113, Transaction Publishers

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