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While I do not suggest that humanity will ever be able to dispense with its martyrs, I cannot avoid the suspicion that with a little more thought and a little less belief their number may be substantially reduced. ↗

— John B. S. Haldane

#avoid #belief #cannot #dispense #ever

The making of friends who are real friends, is the best token we have of a man's success in life. ↗

— Edward Everett Hale

#friends #life #making #man #real

The vanity of loving fine clothes and new fashion, and placing value on ourselves by them is one of the most childish pieces of folly. ↗

— Matthew Hale

#clothes #fashion #fine #folly #loving

Everybody has a high point and a lot goes into that: timing, situation, general consciousness. ↗

— Alex Van Halen

#everybody #general #goes #high #high point

The roof might fall in; anything could happen. ↗

— Dashiell Hammett

#could #fall #happen #might #roof

It's always a Catch-22 situation. They hate you if you're the same, and they hate you if you're different. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#catch-22 #different #hate #same #situation

If you want to be a rock star or just be famous, then run down the street naked, you'll make the news or something. But if you want music to be your livelihood, then play, play, play and play! And eventually you'll get to where you want to be. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#eventually #famous #get #just #just be

A good producer brings out the best in the artist he's working with. You shouldn't be able to listen to something and say, 'So-and-so produced this album.' ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#album #artist #best #brings #good

A guitar is a very personal extension of the person playing it. You have to be emotionally and spiritually connected to your instrument. I'm very brutal on my instruments, but not all the time. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#connected #emotionally #extension #guitar #i

Before the operation on my left hand I wasn't able to stretch my fingers open all the way. I've never had very big hands, but I could do the splits with them. Eventually I couldn't any more. I had a twisted tendon in my little finger that prevented me from being able to stretch. ↗

— Eddie Van Halen

#any #before #being #big #could