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Often the great scientists, by turning the problem around a bit, changed a defect to an asset. For example, many scientists when they found they… — Richard Hamming
As a songwriter, I try not to be sloppy; same with the music. You can be very lean, very efficient, so you're not wasting a… — John Fogerty
Most of the really good songs are dead true. ... It had to have happened to have the song be there. Every time I've tried… — Guy Clark
I don't really know why an idea comes to me. But all of a sudden, an idea comes and from experience I can intuit what… — Paul Simon
She knew the intensity of adolescence, and knew no cure for it except growing up. And then one has age and experience, and mourns the… — Sara Paretsky
There's something about comedy, funny things, that people want to pass them along. Serious things and personal things are much more privately enjoyed. That's why… — Jonathan Coulton
That's why I'm so passionate about making music for movies because you dive in and find the best ideas to bring tolife a collective piece… — Unknown Author
Of course, an exhausting day at sail lines and nets left little energy to expend on running or laughing. Perhaps that was why her parents… — Anne McCaffrey
I had a lot of time to myself, and I would listen to a lot of music, mostly music that I knew fairly well and… — Will Oldham
Some hit songs are really stupid, and who knows why they're hits. But a lot of hit songs are really good. I agree with Jim… — Jorma Kaukonen
I don't know why but when i look in your eyes, I feel something that seems so right. — Toni Gonzaga
But where only a free play of our presentational powers is to be sustained as in the case of pleasure gardens, room decoration, all sorts… — Immanuel Kant
It is just as necessary to forgive ourselves as it is to forgive others, and the principal reason why forgiveness seemed so difficult is because… — Christian D. Larson
A lot of my writing is not terribly civilized. Sometimes I listen to songs by very smart writers who assume that the world is a… — Suzanne Vega
Sinclair Lewis was asked one time to give a talk to class of students about writing. When he got there he asked the class, Do… — Tom T. Hall
We are really in a rut with the three-minute song. You know where it's going to go. If you're trying to get your message across… — Jimmy Webb
Why were my visitors so secretive, hiding themselves behind my consciousness. I could only conclude that they were using me and did not want me… — Whitley Strieber
Every pore of you is crying and you don't even understand why or what. I actually kind of died and got born again as a… — Sinead O'Connor
Remember that movie Independence Day, where invaders were coming from outer space and the whole world was united against the invasion? Why can't we be… — Hillary Clinton
You know why you hate me so much, Jeffery? Because I look the way you feel. — Joe Pesci
I don't know anything about this man. Anyhow, I only know two things about him. One is, he has never been in jail, and the… — Mark Twain
Why don't you do the world a favour. Pull your bottom lip up over your head and swallow. — Walter Matthau
I don't know why I feel so crazy...I feel like I'm going through a stargate. Maybe it's the diet pills. Maybe it's Buddha. — Dawn French
Why is it that all those who have become eminent in philosophy, politics, poetry, or the arts are clearly of an atrabilious temperament and some… — Aristotle
During depression the world disappears. Language itself. One has nothing to say. Nothing. No small talk, no anecdotes. Nothing can be risked on the board… — Kate Millett

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