Evelyn Glennie Quotes
My favorite instrument is the snare drum. In Scotland, the snare drum is very prominent in Highland bands. The Scottish style of playing is in my blood. It's a very powerful instrument, but it can also be soothing, like velvet. It's a real challenge for composers.
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Unalloyed love of God is the essential thing. All else is unreal.
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If you love a young writer, maybe the best thing you can do is give them a little bit of space.
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We may define therapy as a search for value.
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The benefits of education and of useful knowledge, generally diffused through a community, are essential to the preservation of a free government.
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I never did feel any pressure in Jamaica. You just someone, not nobody big.
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I like chords that are very lush with all the lush parts taken out.
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I was slicking my hair back when I was in sixth grade.
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I just want my kids to have the space of childhood to explore themselves as fully as possible.
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It’s in our blood - we heard their distresses like a rung bell in our bones.
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The opening lines of a book are so important. You really need to somehow charm your reader. If you can't get her attention in the first pages, you may have lost her. There has to be an ambience.
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In government as well as in trade a new era came to the colonies in 1763.
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My favorite instrument is the snare drum. In Scotland, the snare drum is very prominent in Highland bands. The Scottish style of playing is in my blood. It's a very powerful instrument, but it can also be soothing, like velvet. It's a real challenge for composers.
