F Quotes
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“Folk music isn't owned by anybody. It is owned by everybody, like the national parks, the postal system, and the school system. It's our common property. There is nobody's name on it. Nobody can make money on it. It's not copywritten.”
“Folk music usually has an emphasis on the lyrics and melody. And those lyrics are usually relevant in some way. And it's populist in scope, which is also true of Bad Religion. So it's more meant to draw some parallels between the two. And I think even my voice and my delivery can be thought of as a little bit folky.”
“Folk music was to strengthen and unify people, whether it was through an uprising and rebellion or whether is was through hard work, bringing in crops. But it was to strengthen each other and that's still what music is about today.”
“Folk musicians have a lot of the same self-importance, but they're way more cruel and jealous than rock musicians - I know this for a fact because I used to be a folk musician.”
“Folk parapsychology, an art and science designed to enable people to make effective use of their psychic talents”
“Folk rock was my real roots. I did a few gigs as a folk artist, in the style of Fairport Convention.”
“Folk say that their mind wanders. Mine takes itself off to the Seychelles for an all-inclusive holiday and refuses to take calls.”
Source: Grumpy & Me: From 9-to-5 to 24-7. The Unofficial Guide to Marriage in Retirement
“Folk som inte tar hand om sig själva har inte så rena naglar som du har.”
Source: November 9
“Folk songs are evasive-the truth about life, and life is more or less a lie, but then again that's exactly the way we want it to be. We wouldn't be comfortable with it any other way. A folk song has over a thousand faces and you must meet them all if you want to play this stuff. A folk song might vary in meaning and it might not appear the same from one moment to the next. It depends on who's playing and who's listening.”
Source: Chronicles
“Folk songs in general, I like. The old spooky Scottish folk songs.”
“Folk-tales and ballads conceive of Elfland with a different notion of time to our own. Its people mirror the activities of our world as if to mock or distort them, and to our eyes seem immortal. They affect our world, bringing benefit or harm, but these results are not consonant with our rules, and may resemble the arbitrary operation of luck or chance. Although men may interact with these folk, they can neither understand nor trust them.
The Border Ballads in general are ready to accommodate similtaneously a theology of expiation, reward and punishment, and an Elfland which has no moral imperatives, and interpenetrates our own in unpredictable ways, even inserting off-spring among us by means of the changeling.”
Source: The Great Shadow House: Essays on the Metaphysical Tradition in Scottish Fiction
“Folk tror att det bara är de svaga som knäcks i krig. Precis som om det vore normalt att leva i ständig dödsångest och känna lukten av sina kamraters lik omkring sig.”
Source: Ennen lintuja
“Folk who don't know why America is the Land of Promise should be here during an election campaign.”
“Folk whose own behavior is most ridiculous are always to the fore in slandering others.”
“Folk wisdom: quaint sayings of urban sophisticates compiled from the suburbs.”
Source: Some Inspiration for the Overenthusiastic
“Folk-lore means that the soul is sane, but that the universe is wild and full of marvels. Realism means that the world is dull and full of routine, but that the soul is sick and screaming. The problem of the fairy tale is: what will a healthy man do with a fantastic world? The problems of the modern novel is: what will a madman do with a dull world? In the fairy tales the cosmos goes mad; but the hero does not go mad. In the modern novels the hero is mad before the book begins, and suffers from the harsh steadiness and cruel sanity of the cosmos.”
“Folk-rock hasn't changed much over the decades since the Byrds started it.”
“Folklore and mythology, as well as man's catastrophic disregard for nature, are the meat of Joseph D'Lacey's horror. But the prime cuts are always compassion and surprise.”
“Folklore is a collection of ridiculous notions held by other people, but not by you and me.”
Source: The Folks at Home
“Folklore is always changing and evolving for new audiences.”
“Folklore is artistic communication in small groups.”
“Folklore is the arts of the people before they find out that there is any such thing as art.”
“Folklore is the boiled-down juice, or pot-likker, of human living.”
“Folklore is the perfect second skin. From under its hide, we can see all the shimmering, shadowy uncertainties of the world.”
“Folklore used to be passed by word of mouth, from one generation to the next; thats what makes it folklore, as opposed to, say, history, which is written down and stored in an archive.”
“Folklore, legends, myths and fairy tales have followed childhood through the ages, for every healthy youngster has a wholesome and instinctive love for stories fantastic, marvelous and manifestly unreal. The winged fairies of Grimm and Andersen have brought more happiness to childish hearts than all other human creations.”
Source: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
“Folklores are inspired by truth but coloured with fantasy.”
Source: The Kingdom of God
“Folks always look good in their coffins.”
“Folks always seemed to think that as long as they didn't know about something bad, it wasn't happening, so whoever told them actually caused it to be true.”
Source: The Crystal City: The Tales of Alvin Maker
“Folks are like plants; we all lean towards the light.”
“Folks are obviously reluctant to do things that they don't feel comfortable with, and the conservative nature of the state is such that they can understand property rights.”
“Folks are really tired of this rabid division between Republicans and Democrats. Folks want people to come together and solve the problems and the challenges of America.”
“Folks are usually about as happy as they make their minds up to be.”
“Folks around here call us el destinos.
They like to say we came from the stars. And when I stare up at the infinite heavens stretched out above us like a shroud, it's hard to imagine we came from anywhere else.”
Source: A Tyranny of Petticoats
“Folks around here like to say we came from the stars. Perhaps it's simpler to think of us not as human but as creatures made of stardust--that if you cut us, not blood but constellations will pour from out wounds.”
Source: A Tyranny of Petticoats
“Folks as have no mind to be o' use have allays the luck to be out o' the road when there's anything to be done.”
Source: Adam Bede
“Folks build a reputation by attacking you while you’re alive - or praising you after you ain’t.”
Source: Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey
“Folks call me Ellis. I run an auto shop with a couple of my buddies. We're also in a band. I play bass.”
“Folks can believe what they like but eventually a man's got to declare if he's going to do what is right.”
“Folks can look at this issue and read it and it can feel like medicine, it can feel epidemic. We wanted this to hit people in their gut, and the hope is that by doing that, we can get more people to think more deeply about these issues.”
“Folks can't carry around money in their pocket. They've got to go to an ATM machine, and they've got to pay a few dollars to get their own dollars out of the machine. Who ever thought you'd pay cash to get cash? That's where we've gotten to.”
“Folks could claim they served their dishes to dignitaries, kings, and empresses, but few had the impact of cooking for immortals. And it wasn't only the honor that drew people to the banquet, it was its life-changing prize. The winners of the Celestial Banquet would each receive a priceless gift: a peach of immortality.
Three vertical banners in shades of jeweled green bearing the names of the major gods unfurled next--- Luck, Temperance, and Indulgence. Everyone on the Continent worshipped the gods. They presided over our world but only came down every ten years for the competition-- a legendary celebration of the vanquishing of Death. They were the arbiters of taste. Not only did they shape the culinary landscape, but their choice of whom to award the peaches had a far-reaching impact--- the valuable prize provided the winning team the bargaining power to defend. For me, it would mean making my dreams a reality and honoring my father's dying wish.”
Source: Celestial Banquet
“Folks crying and fanning and trying to keep a stray eye on the children, but they don't stare at Sofia and her sisters. They act like this the way it always done. I love folks.”
Source: The Color Purple
“Folks differs, dearie. They differs a lot. Some can stand things that others can't. There's never no way of knowin' how much they can stand.”
“Folks don’t give themselves enough credit. The mother who endures cavities so her children can get braces. The father who works a dead-end job so his kids can have a roof over their heads. The daughter who sacrifices college so she can take care of her disabled mother. They are all heroes.”
Source: The Magnolia That Bloomed Unseen
“Folks don’t give themselves enough credit. The mother who endures cavities so her children can get braces. The father who works a dead-end job so his kids can have a roof over their heads. The daughter who sacrifices college so she can take care of her disabled mother. They are all heroes, and don’t you believe otherwise.”
Source: The Magnolia That Bloomed Unseen
“Folks fall down all the time.. The key is to get back up ASAP”
Source: The Magnificent Weight Loss System
“Folks have a common misconception that Mississippi is strictly a rural, outdoors state. While we are famous for our hunting, sport fishing and year-round golf, we also have leading manufacturers like Peavey Electronics and Viking Range Corp.”
“Folks have to pin me down because, for one thing, I don't have a laptop. I don't have an iPhone, and I refuse to carry them because they're immensely hackable.”
“Folks in the bottom half of the economy are already squeezed hard. They will be bloodied and bankrupt if economic policy inadvertently induces a recession.”