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Quote by Jane Hamilton

“My god has always been a laissez-faire deity, giving you the initial goods and sending you on to make your way.”

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Jane Hamilton is an American novelist known for her profound depiction of Midwestern life. Born on July 13, 1957, her works often focus on family, love, and community relationships, enjoying great popularity among readers. more

“God can be good and terrible-not in succession-but at the same time. This is why we seek a mediator between us and him; we approach him through the mediating priest and attenuate and enclose him through the sacraments. It is for our own safety: to trap him within confines which render him safe.”

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Book:The VALIS Trilogy

Source: The VALIS Trilogy

“No individual should take the blame for a loss, because no individual should get the credit for a victory.”

Should Individual Loss Victory Blame Credit

Author:John Wooden

“'Captain Fantastic' was the first album in history to enter the (American) album chart at number one. We did it for a second time after that. Now that's not a boast, that's frightening.”

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Author:Bernie Taupin

“Originally, the lyrics to "Girl" were really upbeat, and then it didn't work for me somehow. You need the dichotomy. If you're doing something happy and light, you need the shadows.”

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Author:Beck

“I usually know what kind of song I'm after. I know what I'm trying to do when I start. I don't always get there. But I try to visualize what it's actually going to be.”

Knows Trying Kind Song

Author:Jimmy Webb

“My only weapon is my pen, I'm a songwriter.”

Weapons Pens Songwriters

Author:Sly Stone

“It was the vehicle that propelled me to international stardom. ("Harder They Come") I was known as a singer/songwriter before that, but people did not know me as an actor. It showed the world where the music I contributed to create was coming from. It opened the gates for Jamaican music, internationally.”

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Author:Jimmy Cliff

“I don't have to say I'm going to make a song. A song is always there. I just have to open my mouth and a song comes out.”

Song Mouths

Author:Peter Tosh

“'If You Could Read My Mind' was written during the collapse of my marriage. It's a great song. No one has any gripes about it. I wondered what my wife and daughter might think. My daughter is the one who got me to correct 'The feelings that you lacked' to 'The feelings that we lacked'.”

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Author:Gordon Lightfoot

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