Music...This is the favorite passion of my soul.
Interpretation
Music is a profound and cherished part of one's identity and emotional expression.
In this quote, Thomas Jefferson expresses his deep affection for music, suggesting that it is not just a pastime but an essential aspect of his being. Music serves as an emotional outlet and a source of joy, highlighting its importance in the human experience and its ability to resonate with the soul.
In practice
During a speech on the importance of the arts, one could quote Jefferson to emphasize musicβs vital role in society.
The firmness with which the (American) people have withstood the... abuses of the press, the discernment they have manifested between truth and falsehood, show that they may safely be trusted to hear everything true and false and to form a correct judgment between them.
I, place economy among the first & most important republican virtues, & public debt as the greatest of the dangers to be feared
βWe must make our choice between economy and liberty or confusion and servitude...If we run into such debts, we must be taxed in our meat and drink, in our necessities and comforts, in our labor and in our amusements...if we can prevent the government from wasting the labor of the people, under the pretense of caring for them, they will be happy.
Very many and very meritorious were the worthy patriots who assisted in bringing back our government to its republican tack. To preserve it in that, will require unremitting vigilance.
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Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.
I always considered, with every shoot, I was on trial; every time I pick up my camera and start out on the relationship, I am at degree zero. There is no coasting.
The thing is, as a film director, you're essentially alone: You have to tell a story primarily through pictures, and only you know the film you see in your head.
I want to create a world with objects and surroundings that are human, more romantic, and less sterile.
There is only one place to write and that is alone at a typewriter. The writer who has to go into the streets is a writer who does not know the streets. . . when you leave your typewriter you leave your machine gun and the rats come pouring through.
Mere humans who root through their refrigerators at three o'clock in the morning can only produce writing that matches what they do. And that includes me.
Photography is a form of time travel.
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