#tho

We must laugh before we are happy, for fear of dying without having laughed at all. ↗

We should keep silent about those in power; to speak well of them almost implies flattery; to speak ill of them while they are alive is dangerous, and when they are dead is cowardly. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#alive #almost #cowardly #dangerous #dead

We should laugh before being happy, for fear of dying without having laughed. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#being #being happy #dying #fear #happy

To some degree, yeah, because I have to play a certain number of originals that might be considered avant-garde material. I realize though, that only a few people in the audience actually know what that music is, or understand it. ↗

— Archie Shepp

#audience #avant-garde #because #certain #considered

I've heard though that there is a younger generation of tonal French composers who are reacting with vigour. ↗

— Gavin Bryars

#french #generation #heard #i #reacting

Music should probably provide answers in terms of lyrical content, and giving people a sense of togetherness and oneness, as opposed to being alone in their thoughts and dilemmas or regrets or happiness or whatever. ↗

— Peabo Bryson

#answers #being #being alone #content #dilemmas

Prayer opens the heart to God, and it is the means by which the soul, though empty, is filled by God. ↗

— John Buchan

#filled #god #heart #means #opens

Through the Thou a person becomes I. ↗

— Martin Buber

#i #person #thou #through

Without Jimmy Carter we might not have gotten Ronald Reagan, without Ronald Reagan there would probably still be a Soviet Union. ↗

— Newt Gingrich

#gotten #jimmy #jimmy carter #might #probably

All UK nuclear power stations should be shut down without delay. ↗