"Music, uniquely among the arts, is both completely abstract and profoundly emotional. It has no power to represent anything particular or external, but it has a unique power to express inner states or feelings. Music can pierce the heart directly; it needs no mediation."

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Source : Oliver Sacks (2008). “Musicophilia”, p.232, Vintage

Oliver Sacks

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“You feel pretty gross when you are first pregnant. You don't feel cute, you feel disgusting. You're getting fat. It was hard.”
“Our emphasis on political coverage from the day we were born here was well-founded, and we believe there were opportunities there that we could do it in a more interesting, appealing and balanced way.”
“Success is dangerous. One begins to copy oneself, and to copy oneself is more dangerous than to copy others. It leads to sterility.”
“I started drinking when I was like 15, and by the time I was 19 everybody knew I was an alcoholic. So I would start five fights every weekend and lose terribly. First you start off fighting with one person and then he beats you up; and then one guy would be laughing, so you would hit him, too.”
“Maybe they did what they had to do to live, and tried to get a little love and have a little fun before the darkness took them.”
“Mission accomplished? The mission in Iraq, as laid out by President Bush and Vice President Cheney, has failed.”
“Republicans don't believe government works, and get into it to prove it will fail. Same with strippers and relationships.”
“If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow, why oh why can't I?”

Source : Song: Over the Rainbow

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