Ann Wroe Quotes

Tuning must come first. Each recital begins with a careful tightening of the pegs on the cross-bar, twisting them in their socket of red threads as each string is plucked and tested. He uses his thumb for this, softer and subtler than the plectrum, his head bent to the vibrating string and his lips slightly open, breathing quickly, as over the body of a lover.

Ann Wroe

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• It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.

  

  Walter Scott
  • Energy
  • Purpose
  • Strength

• All I've done all my life is disobey.

  

  Edith Piaf
  • Life
  • Done
  • My Life

• One element of Madonna's career that really takes center stage is how many times she's reinvented herself. It's easier to stay in one look, one comfort zone, one musical style. It's inspiring to see someone whose only predictable quality is being unpredictable.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • She
  • Career
  • Style

• If I was doing 'The Hunt' constantly, I would get very old, very fast.

  

  Mads Mikkelsen
  • Doing
  • Old
  • Fast

• A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. A man who invested wisely would be admired, but a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion.

  

  Barbra Streisand
  • Women
  • School
  • High

• If you are ambitious you can have a moment of glory but it will most likely be temporary. But talent always finds its way out.

  

  Natalia Vodianova
  • Moment
  • Talent
  • Glory

• I lost a boyfriend over Elmore James. You know that moment when you send mixtapes at fifteen? He sent me pop hits, and I sent him Elmore James, and I never heard from him again.

  

  Imelda May
  • Know
  • Me
  • Lost

• The attempts to command the climate and decide about the temperature on our planet are wrong and arrogant. I wrote a book about it which was published in English under the title 'Blue Planet in Green Shackles.'

  

  Vaclav Klaus
  • Book
  • English
  • Green

• I wouldn't ask other people to invest in my race if I wasn't willing to invest in it myself.

  

  Jared Polis
  • People

• For me as an artist, the expansiveness of my interests and my influences make me enigmatic. I think any man can be that way - if you love enough interesting things.

  

  CeeLo Green
  • Interesting

• When I started working all the time, I started eating the right food that will help me have my energy up and stay healthy.

  

  Lauren Alaina
  • Up
  • Time
  • Help

• I drink a lot. More or less 10 or 12 coffees a day, both typical Italian and espresso.

  

  Domenico Dolce
  • Italian

• To me, saying you're not a feminist should be like saying you're a racist. It should be that politically unacceptable.

  

  Christie Hefner
  • Feminist

• A huge amount of our everyday thinking - powerful, creative, and resonant stuff - is done socially: talking to other people, arguing with them, relying on them to recall information for us.

  

  Clive Thompson
  • People
  • Thinking
  • Done

• Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune.

  

  Plato
  • Great
  • Bad
  • Learning

• If you're going to write about war, the ugly side is inevitable. Suffering and death are obviously part of war.

  

  Phil Klay
  • War
  • Death
  • Suffering

• For as long as I can remember, my acting crush has been Meryl Streep.

  

  Constance Zimmer
  • Long
  • Remember
  • Crush

• I'm a fan of J. Cole.

  

  Dr. Dre

• The only thing we don't do together is get in front of an actor and show any indecision at all about what we think. We don't always agree, so we meet privately, then one or the other will approach the actor.

  

  Bobby Farrelly Boney M.
  • Together

• Life is filigree work. What is written clearly is not worth much, it's the transparency that counts.

  

  Louis-Ferdinand Celine
  • Life
  • Work

• It's my responsibility as a singer-songwriter to report the news.

  

  John Mellencamp
  • Responsibility

• It has been a wonderful five years. I'm excited about the many projects we're working on as we move into year six, and I want to thank everyone for tuning in. We couldn't do it without you!

  

  Catherine Crier
  • Moving
  • Wonderful
  • Excited

• I've been very fortunate in the things I've had in my life. But, at the same time, I wish I had the same types of memories as everyone else.

  

  Alfonso Ribeiro
  • Life
  • Time
  • Wish

• Tuning must come first. Each recital begins with a careful tightening of the pegs on the cross-bar, twisting them in their socket of red threads as each string is plucked and tested. He uses his thumb for this, softer and subtler than the plectrum, his head bent to the vibrating string and his lips slightly open, breathing quickly, as over the body of a lover.

  

  Ann Wroe
  • Tuning
  • Recital