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Selected from Michael Moncur's Collection of Quotations - October 30, 2026
If you develop an ear for sounds that are musical it is like developing an ego. You begin to refuse sounds that are not musical and that way cut yourself off from a good deal of experience.
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John Cage (1912 - 1992)  
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible.
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Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), Marriage and Morals (1929) ch. 5  
My wife's jealousy is getting ridiculous. The other day she looked at my calendar and wanted to know who May was.
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Rodney Dangerfield (1921 - 2004)  
Someday we'll look back on this moment and plow into a parked car.
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Evan Davis  
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