"The trumpet was not a lyrical singing instrument." — Herb Alpert

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• The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation… — Hannah Arendt
• I approach playing acoustic guitar more of as a percussive instrument. It's fragile. I don't have a lot of finesse… — Billie Joe Armstrong
• Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. — Francis of Assisi
• It's easy to play any musical instrument: all you have to do is touch the right key at the right… — Johann Sebastian Bach
• The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of… — Lord Acton
• Some photographers take reality... and impose the domination of their own thought and spirit. Others come before reality more tenderly… — Ansel Adams
• Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society. — John Adams
• The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind… — John Adams
• My body is an instrument for me to use. — Emmanuelle Beart
• Riches are not an end of life, but an instrument of life. — Henry Ward Beecher
• The camera is no more an instrument of preservation, the image is. — Berenice Abbott
• Memory is not an instrument for exploring the past but its theatre. It is the medium of past experience, as… — Walter Benjamin

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