Every few generations there are people who come along that change the way we look at the world, for musical enthusiasts Monk is one of these individuals.
Just in general, any government throughout history hasn't really wanted its people to be educated, because then they couldn't control them as easily.
One of the worst of errors would be the general admission of the proposition that a Government has no right to interfere for any purpose except for that of affording protection.
History, in general, only informs us of what bad government is.
A person's health isn't generally a reflection of genes, but how their environment is influencing them. Genes are the direct cause of less than 1pc of diseases: 99pc is how we respond to the world.
When I was younger, I'd buy a vinyl album, take it home and live with it, and I think that attachment's largely gone for the file-sharing generation.
General Howard informed me, in a haughty spirit, that he would give my people 30 days to go back home, collect all their stock, and move onto the reservation.
The evidence points to central Asia as man's original home, for the general movement of human migrations has been outward from that region and not inward.
In general, shorter is better. If you can encapsulate your idea into a single captivating sentence, you're halfway home.
This November, with the re-election of President Barack Obama, this generation of Americans will ever expand upon the hope, the truth and the promise of America.
My generation was maybe the last in which you could set up shop as a writer and hope to make a living at it.
For quotes, I have one document for general quotes; the other for happiness-related quotes, which I use for the 'Moment of Happiness,' my daily emails of happiness quotes.
Me and Matt love to argue, but in general our sense of humor is pretty much alike.
Like a lot of Irish households we read a lot of Irish history. It was almost Soviet, raising the next generation with a mythic view of their history.
The French, I think, in general, are strangely prolix in their natural history.
Only a tiny portion of music history involves a singer and a lyric. Songs in music are generally thought to be a minor form.
Excess generally causes reaction, and produces a change in the opposite direction, whether it be in the seasons, or in individuals, or in governments.
Now having said that, I realize that releasing a film in the real world is like trying to get General Motors to release a handmade car.
Yes, my first memory of singing, in general, was of a Christmas song. And then listening to Christmas music was really the first music I was ever connected to.
My dad was a surgeon in Egypt. He was a general surgeon. As a little boy I always admired what he was doing, and I wanted to do surgery.
I am not a depressive person at all, but I reflect a lot on my life, and life in general, from the perspective of death.
