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But if it not be true, the myth itself requires to be explained, and every principle of philosophy and common sense demand that the explanation be sought, not in arbitrary allegorical categories, but in the actual facts of ritual or religious custom to which the myth attaches. William Robertson Smith

Be True Myth Sense Every Philosophy Arbitrary Religious Allegorical Ritual Facts True Demand Categories Principle Sought Itself Common Which Common Sense Explained Custom Explanation Requires Actual

In better times the religion of the tribe or state has nothing in common with the private and foreign superstitions or magical rites that savage terror may dictate to the individual. William Robertson Smith

Savage Religion Better Nothing State Tribe Magical Superstitions Rites Individual Terror Foreign Private Dictate Times May Common

Religion did not exist for the saving of souls but for the preservation and welfare of society, and in all that was necessary to this end every man had to take his part, or break with the domestic and political community to which he belonged. William Robertson Smith

Religion Man Welfare Political Community Every Society Saving Take Had He Part Souls His Exist Domestic End Did Break Which Necessary Belonged Every Man Preservation

The dissolution of the nation destroys the national religion, and dethrones the national deity. William Robertson Smith

Religion Nation National Dissolution Destroys Deity

The god, it would appear, was frequently thought of as the physical progenitor or first father of his people. William Robertson Smith

God People Father Thought First Would Physical Frequently His Appear

The land of a god corresponds with the land of his worshipers. William Robertson Smith

God His Land

This, it may be said, is no more than a hypothesis... only of that force of precedent which in all times has been so strong to keep alive religious forms of which the original meaning is lost. William Robertson Smith

A religion so cheerless, a philosophy so sorrowful, could never have succeeded with the masses of mankind if presented only as a system of metaphysics. Buddhism owed its success to its catholic spirit and its beautiful morality. William Winwood Reade

Success Beautiful Religion Philosophy System Spirit Morality Only Could Never Buddhism Masses Sorrowful Catholic Metaphysics Owed Succeeded Mankind Presented

I can get a tune out of most things with strings, but I'm not really sure I'm what could be called a musician. I find it fascinating working with people who can play other instruments and sing. Withered Hand

People Other Strings Musician Out Find Could Most Sing Instruments Sure Get Tune Really Working Who Fascinating Play Things

I would describe my songs as just a collection of my thoughts, with melodies that probably occurred to me in the grocery store or cycling home, sung as best I can over a bunch of chords. Withered Hand

Best Home Me Thoughts Cycling Melodies Collection Sung Would Songs Over Occurred Bunch Just Store Grocery Grocery Store Describe Chords

I stood there amazed. I found it all hard to believe, that I, Des Nilsen, had actually done all that. Dennis Nilsen

Believe Had Amazed Done Stood Hard Found Actually

I don't lose sleep over what I have done or have nightmares about it. Dennis Nilsen

Lose About Over Done Nightmares Sleep

I've got anxiety and I don't sleep so I've been trying to balance this insomnia where I stay awake for three or four days and you don't want to really leave the house and stuff and you've got to go out and do a gig. Gerry Cinnamon

What I find in terms of the small success that I've had, with no backing, just doing it off my own back is the way I wanted to do it - I wanted to prove that you can do it on your own. Gerry Cinnamon

Success You You Can Do It Own Back Way Backing Find My Own Small Had Terms Prove Doing Off Just Wanted Your

See when the crowd's with you singing every word it's a mad feeling. Gerry Cinnamon

You Word Feeling Singing Every Mad See Crowd

But every job I've had I just end up writing tunes and skiving - so everything has been leading up to it, but I've never had any ambition of getting big. Gerry Cinnamon

Writing Job Big Ambition Every Everything Has-Been Never Had Leading Been End Up Any Getting Just Tunes

What I miss about football is being in the dressing room. But do I miss three o'clock on a Saturday afternoon when matters are totally out of your hands? No, I don't. Do I miss placing my destiny in the hands of others? No, I don't. I loved it as a player. I liked it as a manager. But that's all come and gone. Graeme Souness

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Don't get me wrong, growing up in Edinburgh, I was all too familiar with the Hibs and Hearts rivalry. My father grew up in Leith - Hibee territory - just off of Easter Road on Albert Street. Graeme Souness

You've always got 20 per cent of a dressing room that won't be happy with their manager because they want to play more often. There are players who will have been moaning all year about not being in the team, but when they got their chance they failed to take it. Graeme Souness

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I get why people didn't like me, or don't like me, because I have an arrogance. Graeme Souness

Me People Arrogance Like Because Get Why

I was sold by Middlesbrough to Liverpool for a record fee between two English clubs and then won European Cups at Anfield, but I couldn't have been prepared for Rangers. I was a fan as a kid and attended a lot of European nights at Ibrox. I knew the club were big. But not how big. Graeme Souness

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