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Notable quotes

“Ayrton Senna (Extracted from the Holy Bible)”
— "Nada pode me separar do amor de Deus"
“Jack Horkheimer, presenter of the popular astrononomy programme Star Gazer”
— "Keep Looking Up was my life's admonition. I can do little else in my present position."
“James Louis Petigru (unknown) - 1789-1863”
— "In the admiration of his Peers; In the respect of his People, In the affection of his Family, His was the highest place."
“Lucius Cornelius Sulla (by himself) - died 78 BC”
— "No friend ever served me, and no enemy ever wronged me, whom I have not repaid in full."
“Nemo me lacrumis decoret neque funera fletu faxit.”
— Let no one pay me honor with tears, nor make for me a weeping funeral.
“Here lies one who meant well, tried a little, failed much.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson, Christmas Sermon; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 234.

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"Epitaph" is the third track on British progressive rock band King Crimson's 1969 album In the Court of the Crimson King. It was written by Robert Fripp, Ian McDonald, Greg Lake, and Michael Giles with lyrics written by Peter Sinfield. The song is noted for its heavy use of the Mellotron. As with the album's first track, "21st Century Schizoid Man", the song's lyrics have a distinctly dystopian feel to them and are presented as a protest to the Cold War. The song's title was used as the name for a live album of recordings done by the original King Crimson, Epitaph. Emerson, Lake & Palmer would later incorporate an excerpt from this song after the "Battlefield" portion of the live version of their song "Tarkus", from the Tarkus album, as documented in the live album Welcome Back My Friends to the Show That Never Ends... Ladies and Gentlemen.

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