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“Discrepancy between theory and practice, which in sound physical and mechanical science is a delusion, has a real existence in the minds of men; and that fallacy, through rejected by their judgments, continues to exert and influence over their acts.”

Men Mind Real Sound Existence Practice Influence Theory Judgment Delusion Rejected Fallacy Discrepancies Theory And Practice Discrepancies Between

Book:A Manual of Applied Mechanics

Source: A Manual of Applied Mechanics

“Sound and sufficient reason falls, after all, to the share of but few men, and those few men exert their influence in silence.”

Men Reason Fall Sound Silence Share Influence Sufficient

Book:Goethe's Opinions on the World, Mankind, Literature, Science, and Art

Source: Goethe's Opinions on the World, Mankind, Literature, Science, and Art

“Sound conviction should influence us rather than public opinion.”

Should Sound Opinion Influence Conviction Public Opinion

Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Bob Dylan started out as a folk rip- off but he quickly ran with complex influences and it ended up to be his own sound.”

Sound Influence Complexes Folks Ran Bob Dylan Rip

Author:Daniel Smith

“I'm not inspired by songwriting at all; that took place years ago. I'm pretty well established, as far as my influences go. I don't listen to music anymore. It all sounds the same to me.”

Years Wells Sound Influence Years Ago Inspired Songwriting Listening To Music

Author:Mose Allison

“Nothing tells in the long run like a good judgment, and no sound judgment can remain with the man whose mind is disturbed by the mercurial changes of the stock exchange. It places him under an influence akin to intoxication. What is not, he sees, and what he sees, is not.”

Men Mind Long Running Sound Influence He Man Judgment Long Runs Disturbed Intoxication Good Judgment Stock Exchange Sound Judgment

Book:Great American Lives: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant, Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie, and The Education of Henry Adams

Source: Great American Lives: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant, Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie, and The Education of Henry Adams

“The great Initiates in the spirit world have vast and imposing plans for the musical future. What is this plan? It is to use music as an occult medium through which to develop altered states of consciousness, psychic abilities, and contact with the spirit world. Music in the future is to be used to bring people into yet closer touch with the devils; they will be enabled to partake of the beneficial influence of these beings while attending concerts at which by the appropriate type of sound they have been invoked.”

“Basically, there were three aspects of dub that influenced dubstep. The most important was playing the instrumental versions of vocal garage tracks, which was a little like what dub was to reggae - the instrumental of a full vocal.The second was dub as a methodology, which, for me, is apparent in all dance music: manipulating sound to create impossible sonic spaces using reverb, echo and such. The third is the influence of the genre called dub. (It became a cliché actually, through sampling old Jamaican films and soundtracks, and adding vocal samples.)”

Littles Important Film Three Sound Space Impossible Influence Aspect Thirds Track Versions Genre Echoes Vocal Garage Sample Soundtracks Reggae Methodology Dance Music Jamaicans Sampling Dubstep

Author:Kode9

“I am writing from the heart and having a fresh approach to things. We [Theocracy] are obviously not trying to musically re-invent the wheel here, and you can certainly hear our influences, but we also don't sound like a copycat of any one band.”

Writing Trying Heart Sound Influence Band Approach Wheels Writing From The Heart Theocracy Copycats

Author:Matt Smith