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Quote by William Blake
Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or

Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or flourish. – William Blake

Other quotes by William Blake

Without contraries is no progression. Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate, are necessary to human existence. – William Blake

Category:
Duality
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William Blake
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Music
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Well-written words are music. – William Shatner

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Music

And whether youre drawn to gospel music or church music or honky-tonk music, it informs your character and it informs your talent. – Bruce Springsteen

Category:
Music

Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory. – Sir Thomas Beecham

Category:
Music

I have my own particular sorrows, loves, delights; and you have yours. But sorrow, gladness, yearning, hope, love, belong to all of us, in all times and in all places. Music is the only means whereby we feel these emotions in their universality. – H.A. Overstreet

Category:
Music

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A lot of songs are empowering because everybody who has been through a hard time in a relationship or in their lives can relate to it. – Nicole Scherzinger

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Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it. – William Ellery Channing

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The journey of a thousand miles
starts from beneath your feet.

NOTE: Other translations exist, such as:Great trees grow from the smallest shoots;a terraced garden, from a pile of earth,and a journey of a thousand milesbegins by taking the initial step. – Lao-Tzu

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It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk, but I urged my people to be quiet and not to begin a war. – Chief Joseph

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