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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That's the thing about awards - it's for the people who do all the hard work behind the scenes. An award is just a clap at them.
Sia
LSD
I drink a lot. More or less 10 or 12 coffees a day, both typical Italian and espresso.
Domenico Dolce
To me, saying you're not a feminist should be like saying you're a racist. It should be that politically unacceptable.
Christie Hefner
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
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
If you're going to write about war, the ugly side is inevitable. Suffering and death are obviously part of war.
Phil Klay
For as long as I can remember, my acting crush has been Meryl Streep.
Constance Zimmer
Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking generally, their heroes were good through and through, their villains wholly bad.
W. Somerset Maugham
I love eating healthy and doing the yoga thing, because I think I'm going to live to a thousand doing so. And that's because I don't want to leave here so soon. I want to stick around as long as I can, but I know that's not going to be the case. We're all going.
Jason Mraz
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
I shall live this day as if it is my last. And if it is not, I shall fall to my knees and give thanks.
Og Mandino
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
