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The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

#executive #free #legislative #lost #nominated

When Maurice touched a keyboard, it was like something from a movie, magical. He would always give you something from a movie, and you'd go, what did you just play... immediately inspirational writings, amazing. That's what we're going to miss. ↗

— Robin Gibb

#amazing #did #give #go #going

You can't please everybody all the time, but I think for the most part we tend to maintain a healthy level of self-reference to kind of make sure we continue to push things forward. ↗

— Ben Gibbard

#everybody #forward #healthy #i #i think

I feel that we are currently living in a world that is similar to late '50s, early '60s kind of world. ↗

— Ben Gibbard

#early #feel #i #i feel #kind

I was literally just going and applying for jobs, and I couldn't get a job, and I was getting more and more broke, and you find yourself groveling for jobs you don't even want. ↗

— Ben Gibbard

#broke #even #find #get #getting

I've always had a soft spot for Phil Collins. He's a great vocalist. ↗

— Ben Gibbard

#collins #great #had #i #phil

I've covered Avril Lavigne. I like good pop songs, and I don't think there should be any kind of preconceptions about where good pop songs come from. ↗

— Ben Gibbard

#any #come #covered #good #i

The second 'Postal Service' album is threatening to become the 'Chinese Democracy' of indie rock. It will come out eventually, or maybe it won't. ↗

— Ben Gibbard

#become #chinese #come #democracy #eventually

If I'm in love I want to get married. That's how stupid I am. ↗

— Kathie Lee Gifford

#get #get married #how #i #i am

The songwriting of Hall & Oates is deceptively complex. There are a number of key changes that pass you by as you're listening to the song because they're so seamless and clever. ↗

— Ben Gibbard

#because #changes #clever #complex #deceptively