#ding

My biggest blast-off hit was 'You Raise Me Up.' If you ever have a wedding or a funeral, it's a good pick. ↗

— Josh Groban

#ever #funeral #good #hit #me

According to materialistic science, any memory requires a material substrate, such as the neuronal network in the brain or the DNA molecules of the genes. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

#any #brain #dna #genes #material

For any culture which is primarily concerned with meaning, the study of death - the only certainty that life holds for us - must be central, for an understanding of death is the key to liberation in life. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

#central #certainty #concerned #culture #death

Research challenges the materialistic understanding of death, according to which biological death represents the final end of existence and of all conscious activity. ↗

— Stanislav Grof

#activity #biological #challenges #conscious #death

My songwriting is like extending a hand to the listener. ↗

— Dave Grohl

#hand #like #listener #songwriting

People are so into digital recording now they forgot how easy analog recording can be. ↗

— Dave Grohl

#digital #easy #forgot #how #into

When you're recording to analog tape, it captures performance and you can't necessarily manipulate that in different ways. It is what it is. ↗

— Dave Grohl

#captures #different #different ways #it is what it is #manipulate

Men broke into their homes, killed their families, threatened you--and you won't let them do anything for fear you'll be hurt. That's selfish. How would you like it if I took your bow and said I cared too much about you to let you fight? ↗

— Tamora Pierce

#fighting #love #pain #family

One novel that I think is an overriding influence in my life is 'All the King's Men,' the most beautiful book written in the U.S. ↗

— Andrew Gross

#book #i #i think #influence #king

Anyone who agrees to be interviewed must decide where to draw the line between what is public and what is private. But the line can shift, depending on who is asking the questions. What puts someone on guard isn't necessarily the fear of being 'found out.' It sometimes is just the fear of being misunderstood. ↗

— Terry Gross

#asking #being #being misunderstood #between #decide