The principal function of form is to advance our understanding. It is the organization of a piece which helps the listener to… — Arnold Schoenberg Copy Share Image
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Beauty isn't worth thinking about; what's important is your mind. You don't want a fifty-dollar haircut on a fifty-cent head. ~Garrison Keillor — Garrison Keillor Copy Share Image
We get lost in doing, thinking, remembering, anticipating - lost in a maze of complexity and a world of problems. Nature can… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
When you become centered, suddenly there is great freedom because you know you are not the mind and you are not the… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
People-watching is my favorite thing to do. This is blowing my mind. I fixate on one person, and then I think about… — Trevante Rhodes Copy Share Image
Men are limited by the knowledge of their minds, the worth of their characters and the principles upon which they are building… — Edwin Louis Cole Copy Share Image
I don't mind the wing-back role but I don't like to feel boxed in defence. I like to be free, involved and… — Michail Antonio Copy Share Image
The poetic beauty of Davy's mind never seems to have left him. To that circumstance I would ascribe the distinguishing feature in… — Davies Gilbert Copy Share Image
If, then, you wish to insure the interest of your pupils, there is only one way to do it; and that is… — William James Copy Share Image
For me, defense is personal. Obviously it's tough to stop people one on one. But when you have that mind set of… — Josh Hart Copy Share Image
Covering the civil-rights movement was a mind- and eye-opener for me. Houston was a segregated society, as was Texas as a whole… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
When I read War and Peace in Norway, really far away from humanity for a long time, it was such an amazing,… — Phil Elvrum Copy Share Image
There are some real memorable highlights in my history that, in my mind, are such milestones. Winning a national championship in college… — Anne Donovan Copy Share Image
Poetry is ultimately mythology, the telling of stories of the soul. The old myths, the old gods, the old heroes have never… — Stanley Kunitz Copy Share Image
When you're on the bus or subway or in your car, why busy your mind with all the garbage of advertisements? Why… — Henri Nouwen Copy Share Image
Anyone, they say, is entitled to change his mind. Not about the defence of Britain, you're not. You either feel it in… — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image
I usually don't mind giving autographs, but when hundreds of folks with paper and pen start coming at you, it's time to… — Mary Lou Retton Copy Share Image
Equality means more than passing laws. The struggle is really won in the hearts and minds of the community, where it really… — Barbara Gittings Copy Share Image
The less you think counterfactually, the less you experience stress. Stress, in this light, isn't a bad thing. It's simply a warning… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I consider how little man is, yet, in his own mind, how great. He is lord and master of all things, yet… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
According to Zen Buddhist cosmology there are ten thousand different states of mind to view and understand life through. — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
I know it won't be eight medals again. If you want to compare me to that, that's your decision, not mine. I'm… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
You take a step, then another. That's the journey. But to take a step with your eyes open is not a journey… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
History is opaque. You see what comes out, not the script that produces events, [...] The generator of historical events is different… — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
A smattering of everything is worth little. It is a fallacy to suppose that an encyclopaedic knowledge is desirable. The mind is… — Louis Agassiz Copy Share Image
Computer science is the most misunderstood field there is. You are being paid to solve puzzles. For a person who has practiced… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
you don't need talent to be an artist. 'Artist' is just a frame of mind. Anybody can be an artist, anybody can… — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
I don't mind being called a "feminist," as I certainly embrace the tenets of feminism, though it does feel a little sad… — Laurie Foos Copy Share Image
While our bodies move ever forward on the time line, our minds continuously trace backward, seeking shape and meaning as deftly as… — Lucy Grealy Copy Share Image
I don't mind have an uncomfortable conversation if those uncomfortable conversations can lead to a bigger dialogue and help us get to… — Charlamagne tha God Copy Share Image
Keep in mind that when public figures get in trouble for something they said, it is usually not because they misspoke, but… — David Carr Copy Share Image
In a way, fasting is like the "calming of the monkey mind" effected by the rosary prayer: both are means of stilling… — Robert Barron Copy Share Image
Every day there are homeowners in California who will either receive relief so they can stay in their home, or will be… — Kamala Harris Copy Share Image
Whatever conclusions we reach about the reality of God, the history of this idea must tell us something important about the human… — Karen Armstrong Copy Share Image
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The curiosity of the human mind is essential if you want citizens who think rather than accept the first nonsense they come… — Francois Englert Copy Share Image
I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this… — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
An entire sea of water can't sink a ship unless it gets inside. Similarly, the negativity of the world can't put you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Even if you don't mind Romneycare, or the abortion flip-flop, or any of the rest, there's a more basic problem: He's not… — Mark Steyn Copy Share Image
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