Classical musicians do this all the time. They want perfection. So they piece things together. Eight bars of this and six bars of that. Glenn Gould said that with a recording he wanted to make perfect versions of pieces.
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A private closet is to me.
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Morning, noon, and afternoon,
Night and all her stars;
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JOHN WYCLIFFE By ensuring that no one in government has too much power, the Constitution helps protect ordinary Am... JOHN ROBERTS Human beings, we have dark sides; we have dark issues in our lives. To progress anywhere in life, yo... JOHN NOBLE Learn as many mistakes and what not to do while your business or product is small. Don't be in s... DAYMOND JOHN Being thrown into the fire and getting the thing turned around in a hurry made it more difficult. Th... JOHN ELWAY This Constitution was not made for a day, nor is it composed of such flexible materials as to be war... JOHN TYLER Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans. JOHN LENNON Farce is tragedy played at a thousand revolutions per minute. JOHN MORTIMER No power on earth has a right to take our property from us without our consent. JOHN JAY Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself. JOHN LOCKE High School is like a spork: it's a crappy spoon and a crappy fork, so in the end it's just ... JOHN MAYER When I was growing up in rural Alabama, it was impossible for me to register to vote. I didn't b... JOHN LEWIS The documented incidences of voter fraud are very rare, yet throughout the country, forces have mobi... JOHN LEWIS Seeing that a Pilot steers the ship in which we sail, who will never allow us to perish even in the ... JOHN CALVIN I was introduced to the Turducken in New Orleans. And it wasn't Thanksgiving. Glenn at the Gourm... JOHN MADDEN Christians were instructed to serve others, and the thanksgiving was for the grace of God and the fa... JOHN CLAYTON Is it possible that the portrait of the divine Son of God is an exaggeration, at best, or a complete... JOHN CLAYTON Was the real Jesus of history one and the same as the Christ of faith whom we read about in the New ... JOHN CLAYTON I believe any question that man can ask has a reasonable answer-at least an answer that is as consis... JOHN CLAYTON Almost every time I am in a lectureship on a college campus, young people will say, If there is a Go... JOHN CLAYTON I guess none of us like to look back in our lives to a time when we made poor judgments and foolish ... JOHN CLAYTON In the surface of the paper there is only length and width-there is no such thing as thickness. JOHN CLAYTON Why is it any more reasonable to believe that God has always been than it is to say that matter has ... JOHN CLAYTON What is the origin of God? JOHN CLAYTON The emphasis on the birth of Christ tends to polarize our pluralistic society and create legal and e... JOHN CLAYTON The denominational world tries to pressure its members to focus on the birth of Christ, but in doing... JOHN CLAYTON Not only are Christians writing about Jesus, but also Communists, Jews, atheists and agnostics are t... JOHN CLAYTON There was no instruction to be thankful that the Christians were special people, chosen people. Ther... JOHN CLAYTON It is my fervent hope and prayer that by exposing my mistakes and by pointing out the things that we... JOHN CLAYTON We are assuming that we exist, that there is reality, and that the matter of which we are made is re... JOHN CLAYTON The purpose of this study is to offer a logical, practical, pragmatic proof of the existence of God ... JOHN CLAYTON Since I was an atheist for many years and came to believe in God through my studies in science, it f... JOHN CLAYTON How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days. JOHN BURROUGHS You wouldn't do something for a receiver to catch the ball if the quarterback couldn't throw... JOHN MADDEN I'm not everybody's cup of tea. But sometimes criticism can be hurtful. Be respectful. I'... ELTON JOHN The prison-industrial complex, poverty, and the school system has more effect on a young black male ... JOHN LEGEND I have learned in fashion to be a little savage. JOHN FAIRCHILD Perhaps they thought I was on a fact-finding mission, never for one moment thinking that a man of my... JOHN PRESCOTT My consultant keeps telling me sudden death could come at any moment. JOHN TAVENER As you grow older, you learn a few things. One of them is to actually take the time you've allot... JOHN BATTELLE When California was wild, it was the floweriest part of the continent. JOHN MUIR Inherent in architecture, it involves everything in life so that there is absolutely no end to it. B... JOHN LAUTNER My folks always let me go to the movies every Saturday. We were really motion-picture goers. JOHN WAYNE I was ashamed to admit I was hipped to the idea of acting. That's why I started in with the prop... JOHN WAYNE I've loved reading all my life. JOHN WAYNE Nothing is so discouraging to an actor than to have to work for long hours upon hours in brightly li... JOHN WAYNE I'd read up on the history of our country and I'd become fascinated with the story of the Al... JOHN WAYNE