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Everything the human being heard from the beginning, saw with its eyes, looked upon and touched with its hands was a living word; for God was the word. ↗

— Johann Georg Hamann

#being #everything #eyes #god #hands

Hence it happens that one takes words for concepts, and concepts for the things themselves. ↗

— Johann Georg Hamann

#happens #hence #takes #themselves #things

If only I was as eloquent as Demosthenes, I would have to do no more than repeat a single word three times. ↗

— Johann Georg Hamann

#i #more #only #repeat #single

Our reason arises, at the very least, from this twofold lesson of sensuous revelations and human testimonies. ↗

— Johann Georg Hamann

#human #least #lesson #our #reason

The weaker the country, the stronger the smile. ↗

— Howard Koch

#smile #stronger #weaker

The great thing and the hard thing is to stick to thing when you have outlived the first interest and not yet the second which comes with a sort of mastery. ↗

— Janet Erskine Stuart

#first #great #great thing #hard #hard thing

It's hard to decide how to match words to music. It's not like it's twice the work. It's always difficult for me to explain to the composer what I'm looking for. I'm not a professional; I lack even basic knowledge about writing music. ↗

— Ayumi Hamasaki

#always #basic #composer #decide #difficult

I'd heard a lot of Asian people were rooting for me, but I had no idea. I was stunned. They were... impassioned, especially compared to Japan. I couldn't even have anticipated that kind of welcome. ↗

— Ayumi Hamasaki

#asian #compared #especially #even #had

If I write when I'm low, it will be a dark song, but I don't care. I want to be honest with myself at all times. ↗

— Ayumi Hamasaki

#dark #honest #i #i write #low

If there are rules and regulations, I can't help it, I want to break them. ↗

— Ayumi Hamasaki

#help #i #regulations #rules #them