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I realized that songwriters should make their statements and move on, maintaining a dignified silence.

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I could have told you, Vincent,
This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you.

Every thread of creation is held in position
By still other strands of things living.

You will find many interpretations of my lyrics but none of them by me.

I saw Satan laughing with delight
The day the music died.

Do you recall what was revealed
The Day the Music Died?

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To sin by silence, when we should protest,
Makes cowards out of men.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox New Thought Pastels (1913)

Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving us wordy evidence of the fact.

George Eliot

There are times when good words are to be left unsaid out of esteem for silence.

Benedict of Nursia

I think television has betrayed the meaning of democratic speech, adding visual chaos to the confusion of voices. What role does silence have in all this noise?

Federico Fellini I'm a Born Liar (2003)

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