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Pure experience is the name I gave to the immediate flux of life w

Pure experience is the name I gave to the immediate flux of life which furnishes the material to our later reflection with its conceptual categories. – William James

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It is well for the world that in most of us, by the age of thirty, the character has set like plaster, and will never soften again. – William James

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The sway of alcohol over mankind is unquestionably due to its power to stimulate the mystical faculties of human nature, usually crushed to earth by the cold facts and dry criticisms of the sober hour. – William James

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Life can only be understood backward, but it must be lived forward. – Søren Kierkegaard

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Performing is a profound experience, at least for me. Its not as if I sit down and play Fire and Rain by myself, just to hear it again. But to offer it up… the energy that it somehow summons live takes me right back, and I do get a reconnection to the emotions. – James Taylor

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Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. – Chinese Proverb

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Historically, musicians know what it is like to be outside the norm – walking the high wire without a safety net. Our experience is not so different from those who march to the beat of different drummers. – Billy Joel

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I know now what this meant, that the bison were the gift of a good spirit and were our strength, but we should lose them, and from the same good spirit we must find another strength. – Black Elk

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We got on his label, and the Bizarre organization is just going up and up. So we have faith. – Alice Cooper

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The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. – Douglas Adams, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

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In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace. Ephesians 1:7 – Bible

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