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"The solution to depression, among other things, is to go within and see if you can tune into more of what might want to come forth out of you. Then take action to follow the path of what attracts you. Reach out, read a book, call a friend, join an organization. Go toward that which attracts you."
"There's a certain slant of light, On winter afternoons, That oppresses, like the weight Of cathedral tunes."
"His Labor is a Chant - His Idleness -a Tune - Oh, for a Bee's experience Of Clovers, and of Noon!"
"I know this one pusher walks around humming a tune and everybody he passes takes it up. He is so grey and spectral and anonymous they don't see him and think it is their own mind humming the tune."
"For me, Chanel is like music. There are certain notes and you have to make another tune with them."
"It is my contention that civil disobediences are nothing but the latest form of voluntary association, and that they are thus quite in tune with the oldest traditions of the country."
"When Satan makes impure verses, Allah sends a divine tune to cleanse them."
"You can get the highest quality sleep by keeping your sleep cycles in tune with the rhythms of the universe (known as circadian rhythms)."
"The body is held together by sound. The presence of disease indicates that some sounds have gone out of tune."
"The audiences are there as a result of my history with the band but also as a result of my being able to reach people with a tune."
"The language I have learnt these forty years, My native English, now I must forgo; And now my tongue's use is to me no more Than an unstringed viol or a harp, Or like a cunning instrument cased up Or, being open, put into his hands That knows no touch to tune the harmony."
"Now see that noble and most sovereign reason, Like sweet bells jangled, out of tune and harsh."
"What's the newest grief? Each minute tunes a new one."
"Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing."
"I had the title poet, and maybe I was one for a while. Also, the title singer was kindly accorded me, even though I could barely carry a tune."
"When I first toured with Wings things that were said about me were true - I did sing out of tune."
"The devil should not be allowed to keep all the best tunes for himself."
"Provided that any of those neighbours sing out of tune or have boots that squeak, or double chins, or odd clothes, the patient will quite easily believe that their religion must therefore be somehow ridiculous."
"The best tunes are songs with a face. You recognize them. You know them. It’s like a person. They have a face that’s outstanding. Other songs don’t have a face. You just hear them, that’s all. The really good ones are few and far between."
"There's always a nice tune [on radio] - helps you get the dishes done . I like to get the news from time to time - not too often. I don't feel deprived."
