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Look at everything. Don't close your eyes to the world around you. Look and become curious and interested in what there is to see.
John Cage
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John Cage
Age: 79 †
Born: 1912
Born: September 5
Died: 1992
Died: August 2
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All God's religions ... have not been able to put mankind back together again.
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In that case I will devote my life to beating my head against that wall.
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There will always be critics eager to fashion opinions for the lazy and incapable.
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In the dark, all cats are black.
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It's useless to play lullabies for those who cannot sleep.
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Which is more musical: a truck passing by a factory or a truck passing by a music school?
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Now that we have everything we need, we discover that there is almost nothing that we have that we want
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I don't need sound to talk to me.
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