Sting

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“For to sit in a room full of books, and remember the stories they told you, and to know precisely where each one is located and what was happening in your life at time or where you were when you first read it is the languid and distilled pleasure of the connoisseur.”

― Sting

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“Without the voice of reason, every faith is its own curse."

― Sting

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“Humans make the mistake of believing that it is their right to survive. Species die out on this planet all the time without anyone noticing. The planet will still be there, and we must lose this attitude of divine right, that something will save us...”

― Sting

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“Men go crazy in congregation. They only get better one by one.”

― Sting

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“There is no monopoly of common sense

On either side of the political fence

We share the same biology

Regardless of ideology

Believe me when I say to you

I hope the Russians love their children too

[...]

There's no such thing as a winnable war

It's a lie we don't believe anymore ..."

― Sting

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“You have to be yourself. Stay true to who and what you are. And if people still like you, that's great! If they don't, that's their problem.”

― Sting

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“If we seek solace in the prisons of the distant past

Security in human systems we're told will always always last

Emotions are the sail and blind faith is the mast

Without the breath of real freedom we're getting nowhere fast."

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“Songs are built by whimsy, faulty memory, and free association.”

― Sting

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“Our so-called leaders speak

With words they try to jail you

The subjugate the meek

But it's the rhetoric of failure”

― Sting

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“Every day is a brand new day!”

― Sting

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"Yoga is almost like music in a way; there's no end to it."

― Sting

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"A lot of people approach risk as if it's the enemy when it's really fortune's accomplice."

― Sting

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"I don't think happiness is necessarily the reason we're here. I think we're here to learn and evolve, and the pursuit of knowledge is what alleviates the pain of being human."

― Sting

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"Money's only important when you don't have any."

― Sting

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"I never saw no miracle of science that did not go from a blessing to a curse."

― Sting

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"Our politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me."

― Sting

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"I never saw no military solution that didn't always end up as something worse"

― Sting

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"I find that the rhythm of going on long walks will suggest melodies."

― Sting