To make a crooked stick straight, we bend it the contrary way. - Michel de Montaigne - Quotesmemo.com

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If sound is music and came from silence, then silence is potentially greater than sound. If the sound is effective, it should actually have a chemical - some sort of physiological - effect on the listener, so he doesn't have to hear that sound again.

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Michel de Montaigne

To make a crooked stick straight, we bend it the contrary way.

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