Music enhances the education of our children by helping them to make connections and broadening the depth with which they think and feel. If we are to hope for a society of culturally literate people, music must be a vital part of our children's education.

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My father was a lorry driver, very rarely at home. The house was run by my mother, and because there were 10 or so kids, there was no time for individual attention. It was about survival. It was about where the next meal was coming from.

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If your belief system is not founded in an objective reality, you should not be making decisions that affect other people.

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Those who manage their way into a crisis are not necessarily the right people to manage their way out of a crisis

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You do know it cost money to put a t-shirt on your back? You do know it cost money have a house? You do know it cost money to eat? Get money, don't let these people fool you. ― DJ Khaled

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People might not think that, but the Republicans have all of the cards. And this is the time to get rid of Obamacare. This is the time to make the great deal.- Donald Trump

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Murderers, in general, are people who are consistent, people who are obsessed with one idea and nothing else.

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There are three persons living in each of us: the one we think we are, the one other people think we are, and the one God knows we are!

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As a general rule...people ask for advice only in order not to follow it; or if they do follow it, in order to have someone to blame for giving it.

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Often people ask how I manage to be happy despite having no arms and no legs. The quick answer is that I have a choice. I can be angry about not having limbs, or I can be thankful that I have a purpose. I chose gratitude.

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