"If you really understand the meaning of be-bop, you understand the meaning of freedom."

-- Thelonious Monk

#Music Quotes #Bops Quotes

“The routine is as much a part of the creative process as the lightening bold of inspiration, maybe more. And this routine is available to everyone.”
“True conversion means turning not only from sin but also from depending on self-made righteousness.”
“Become aware of internal, subjective, subverbal experiences, so that these experiences can be brought into the world of abstraction, of conversation, of naming, etc. with the consequence that it immediately becomes possible for a certain amount of control to be exerted over these hitherto unconscious and uncontrollable processes.”
“It turns out that justices are also Godâ€™s children; and being of this world, their makeup consists of actual flesh and blood. They are no more noble or virtuous than the rest of us, and in some cases less so, as they suffer from the usual human imperfections and frailties. And the Courtâ€™s history proves it.”

Source : Mark R. Levin (2013). “The Liberty Amendments”, p.5, Simon and Schuster
“I focus my energies more so on staying original.”
“Sometimes our fights are as strong as a current, as consistent as waves and as stubborn as unmoveable rocks. Martial fights cause the same kind of erosion as powerful waves do when they hit the shore”
“The greatest step towards a life of happiness and simplicity is to let go. Trust in the power that is already taking care of you spontaneously without effort.”
“Words are a form of action, capable of influencing change.”

Source : Ingrid Bengis (1973). “COMBAT IN THE EROGENOUS ZONE”

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