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“There are two reasons why anybody buys anything. The real reason, and the reason they give you.” quote by Mark Twain — Download Open image

“There are two reasons why anybody buys anything. The real reason, and the reason they give you.”

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True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them.

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Some people give you that motivation to work harder simply to get the hell away from wherever they are.

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Laura Schlessinger

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I understand that it's the music that keeps me alive... That's my lifeblood. And to give that up for, like, the TV, the cars, the houses - that's not the American dream. That's the booby prize, in the end. Those are the booby prizes. And if you fall for them - if, when you achieve them, you believe that this…

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I received a beautiful welcome to the world of music. I want to give something back to the younger generation.

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