#folk

It's one of those songs that everybody knows, but you are not supposed to do, because everyone does it, only no-one does it, because you're not supposed to do it, because everyone does it....if you follow that.... ↗

— Gloria Jackson

#confusing #folk-music #music

Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the wise to know. ↗

— J.R.R. Tolkien

#old-wives-tales #wise

I'll be damned if I want most folks out there to do unto me what they do unto themselves. ↗

— Toni Cade Bambara

#folks #i #me #most #out

Well, I don't think it ever did, but in the early '60s I got interested in folk music. ↗

— Warren Zevon

#early #ever #folk #folk music #got

Like legend and myth, magic fades when it is unused -- hence all the old tales of elfin kingdoms moving further and further away from our world, or that magical beings require our faith, our belief in their existence, to survive. That is a lie. All they require is our recognition. ↗

— Charles de Lint

#fairies #fantasy #folklore #faith

I have a better internal and intuitive understanding of folklore and myth than science and technology, so in that way fantasy is easier. ↗

— Sarah Zettel

#easier #fantasy #folklore #i #internal

Some of the folks on both sides might be sincere, but it does seem as if it is only the opposition that cares about the Bill of Rights most of the time. ↗

— James Bovard

#bill #bill of rights #both #both sides #cares

My works are Chinese literature, which is part of world literature. They show the life of Chinese people as well as the country's unique culture and folk customs. ↗

— Mo Yan

#chinese people #country #culture #customs #folk

Like most kids, you don't want to do what your folks want you to do. You've got your own thing. ↗

— Jeff Bridges

#got #kids #like #most #own

Now, I've never flown in space; but the folks who have say that on landing day, you know, you've just spent maybe a week and a half, sometimes two weeks in orbit and you're used to the things happening slowly in space. ↗

— Duane G. Carey

#flown #folks #half #happening #i