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If this word “music” is sacred and reserved for eighteenth and nineteenth century instruments, we can substitute a more meaningful term: organization of sound. – John Cage

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The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation. – John Cage

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Nature
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We are involved in a life that passes understanding and our highest business is our daily life. – John Cage

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People always try to find my agenda, but I dont really have one. Its safe to say that I make pop, but I think that Im doing important music, too. Ive just always done what I wanted to do. – Ellie Goulding

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Music

Military justice is to justice what military music is to music. – Groucho Marx

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Music

When you grow up in the music industry, trying to be Britney Spears because thats what sells records and then you realize, All I have to do is be myself? I should have thought of that a long time ago, it feels good to have success come from whats actually inside of you. – Jessica Simpson

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I love to make music and stay grounded. – Annie Lennox

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The act of writing… is the act of trying to understand why my opinion is what it is. And ultimately, I think thats the same experience the reader has when they pick up one of my books. – Jodi Picoult

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I try to make people smile and dance, not think about things or educate them. – Norman Cook

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We associate the North Atlantic with cod. The motto of Newfoundland used to be In cod we trust. It was a joke, but it was essentially true. But there is no cod anymore. And thats extraordinary. Its all because of either greed or politics – Canadian politics. – Simon Winchester

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Freedom is always the freedom of dissenters. – Rosa Luxemburg

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