Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible.
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Frank Zappa
Music is. .. A higher revelation than all Wisdom & Philosophy
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Ludwig Van Beethoven
Philosophy is the highest music.
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Plato
Musical training is a more potent instrument than any other, because rhythm and harmony find their way into the inward places of the soul.
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Plato
The truth is, going against the internal stream of ignorance is way more rebellious than trying to start some sort of cultural revolution.
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Noah Levine
More Quotes By John Burnside
All you have to do is choose the right day, the right weather, and you come upon a hidden place in the morning light where time stopped long before you were born
The trick and the beauty of language is that it seems to order the whole universe, misleading us into believing that we live in sight of a rational space, a possible harmony.
My father was one of those men who sit in a room and you can feel it: the simmer, the sense of some unpredictable force that might, at any moment, break loose, and do something terrible. [Burnside, p. 27]
As I child, I came to this idea with a horrified fascination. Once upon a time, I wasn’t here. Before that, my parents weren’t here. And before that…
If you had to lose everything, what would you miss most? It wouldn't be anything gross, like the big house, or the fancy car, assuming you had such things. It wouldn't be your impeccable reputation, or fame, or the regard of others. No; if you...
