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There are patterns which emerge in one's life, circling and returning anew, an endless variation of a theme ↗

In every bit of honest writing in the world, there is a base theme. Try to understand men, if you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and nearly always leads to love. ↗

— John Steinbeck

#writing #love

I would like to sing the theme tune of a big film - something like 'Titanic.' ↗

— Agnetha Faltskog

#film #i #like #sing #something

If a theme or idea is too near the surface, the novel becomes simply a tract illustrating an idea. ↗

— Elizabeth Bowen

#idea #illustrating #near #novel #simply

However, there's no theme or concept behind Heathen, just a number of songs but somehow there is a thread that runs through it that is quite as strong as any of my thematic type albums. ↗

— David Bowie

#any #behind #concept #heathen #however

When I was 20, Shostakovich was my favorite composer. I still find his Fifth Symphony wonderful, with its outstanding themes and rhythms. That's the piece that made me want to be a classical composer. ↗

— Dave Brubeck

#composer #favorite #fifth #find #his

I did a cake for the 60th birthday of Elton John, for Britney Spears' 27th birthday and for the 'Circus' album she put out - the cake had circus themes. I prepared a cake for a surprise 82nd birthday event for the architect Frank Gehry; the cake was comprised of mini-replicas of his buildings. ↗

— Ron Ben-Israel

#architect #birthday #britney #britney spears #buildings

I like theme parks. The fastest roller coaster I've ever been on is at a casino in Nevada. ↗

— Tia Carrere

#casino #coaster #ever #fastest #i

Everyone is looking for connections between the songs. I don't usually approach a record as a concept. There's no overriding theme I'm trying to represent. It's all about the individual songs. ↗

— Tracy Chapman

#approach #between #concept #connections #everyone

In my writing with Extreme, there are heavy themes. The cover photo has me with a gun to my neck. I am not advocating suicide. I am taking the philosophy that man is the measure of his own fate. ↗

— Gary Cherone

#am #cover #extreme #fate #gun