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Quote by Soren Kierkegaard
What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in

What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music. – Soren Kierkegaard

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The truth is a snare: you cannot have it, without being caught. You cannot have the truth in such a way that you catch it, but only in such a way that it catches you. – Soren Kierkegaard

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Truth
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Soren Kierkegaard
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In addition to my other numerous acquaintances, I have one more intimate confidant. My depression is the most faithful mistress I have known — no wonder, then, that I return the love. – Soren Kierkegaard

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Depression
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How absurd men are! They never use the liberties they have, they demand those they do not have. They have freedom of thought, they demand freedom of speech. – Soren Kierkegaard

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We tend to mistake music for the physical object. – David Byrne

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Pop music has progressed. – Steven Patrick Morrissey

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A musicologist is a man who can read music but cannot hear it. – Sir Thomas Beecham

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Comedy is like music, and the way to make the best music is to have skilled musicians in your band. – Rashida Jones

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